Instructional design for aircrew judgment training.

Abstract

Aircrew training design has made significant progress during recent years. However, significant gaps exist both in design methodology and in existing skills. Training in decision-making and judgment is currently haphazard at best. After a brief review of recent literature, this paper presents a conceptual model of judgment performance. The theoretical model is an extrapolation from Jensen and unites the variables of cognitive complexity, time availability, uncertainty, and stress into one coherent model. The model is used to examine current aircrew training and to develop new training strategies for improving judgment performance.