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DRILL ACQUISITION IN WEAPON HANDLING: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL MULTIMEDIA REVISION TOOL
Marie Cahillane, Piers Maclean Cranfield University The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
Multi-media is widely regarded as useful in
discrete psychomotor skills training and re-familiarisation.
However, the effective exploitation of multi-media in Defence
requires an empirical evaluation of its effectiveness compared to
traditional training methods. Sixty-four participants undertaking
weapon handling drills training were assigned to one of two groups:
an experimental multimedia revision tool group and a standard
training only control group. No difference in weapon handling test
performance was observed between the groups, demonstrating there was
no negative effect on learning. The real utility of multi-media may
be in retention of discrete psychomotor skills rather than their
acquisition when physical hands-on practice is not possible. |
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