| An Analytical Approach to Educating Future IW Planners |
Sep-2009 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Scott E Sill; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEFENSE ANALYSIS DEPT
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 | This thesis examines USSOCOM's proposal to educate IW strategists / campaign planners, and compares it to the existing model utilized by SAMS for educating conventional campaign planners. SAMS is a good comparative model because the SAMS program has a proven record in conventional campaign planning. Simply put, SAMS is a success and a model for other advanced ILE programs. This comparative analysis extracts educational best practices from both approaches and ... |
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| Determining a Critical-Skill Hierarchy for Command Post of the Future (CPOF) |
Jul-2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Richard L Wampler; Martin L Bink; Richard Catrambone; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA
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| The Command Post of the Future (CPOF) is a dynamic visualization tool that supports collaborative decision-making in tactical units. The system uses a customizable workspace based on the user's needs rather than a static format. While such an approach to digital-systems design offers flexibility and generality of use, it might also increase the complexity of learning to use the interface. As a precursor to examining alternative training approaches for CPOF, ... |
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| Operational Assessment of Tools for Accelerating Leader Development (ALD): Volume 1, Capstone Report |
Jun-2009 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Sena Garven; Bruce C Leibrecht; David H McGilvray; Douglas L Tystad; NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This report, in two volumes, describes the operational demonstration and assessment of an innovative tool kit resulting from a research program aimed at enhancing the self-development of junior leaders in the Army. The tool kit contains online diagnostic and training tools that build self-awareness, metacognitive abilities, critical thinking skills, and interpersonal skills. Soldiers in units and user juries provided feedback on the tools. The pressures of the operational environment seriously ... |
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| Operational Assessment of Tools for Accelerating Leader Development (ALD): Volume 2, Appendices |
Jun-2009 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Sena Garven; Bruce C Leibrecht; David H McGilvray; Douglas L Tystad; NORTHROP GRUMMAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This report, in two volumes, describes the operational demonstration of an innovative tool kit designed to enhance the self-development of junior leaders in the Army. The tool kit contains online diagnostic and training tools that build self-awareness, metacognitive abilities, critical thinking skills, and interpersonal skills. Volume I presents the body of the report, including an introduction to the demonstration, description of the tool kit, methods, findings and discussion, lessons learned, ... |
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| Training Digital Skills In Distributed Classroom Environments: A Blended Learning Approach |
Mar-2009 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce C Leibrecht; Jennifer S Tucker; David H McGilvray; Christopher B Strauss; Andy Perrault; Amanda N Gesselman; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COLUMBUS GA
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| Specific goals of the present research were to 1) report lessons learned from instructors in a distributed blended learning environment; 2) report student reactions to this type of learning environment; and 3) compare the training approaches with those reported for traditional classroom environments. Both the dL instructors and students acknowledged substantial value in the blended approach (video teletraining with computer software) for training digital skills remotely. The students offered some ... |
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| Empowering Children to Lead Change: Incorporating Preparedness Curricula in the K-12 Educational System |
Mar-2009 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Teresa S Gustafson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A combination of both man-made and natural disasters in recent years has revitalized the concept of civil preparedness and defense in the United States. During the State of the Union Address in 2002, President George W. Bush announced the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizen Corps, a component of the USA Freedom Corps initiative developed shortly after 9/11. Additionally, FEMA launched the Are You Ready? campaign to ... |
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| Marine Corps Martial Arts: One Mind, Any Weapon |
20-Feb-2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Bryan Grayson; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| What is the purpose of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP)? What should its purpose be? Is this particular program usable in actual situations or is it fundamentally flawed? Despite years of implementation, the program still raises doubt regarding its necessity, usability, and validity. From Okinawa to Camp Lejeune, Marines practice MCMAP techniques on plots of grass -- steadily acquiring tan, gray, and green belts. Yet doubt still pervades ... |
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| Improving Learning with the Critical Thinking Paradigm: MIBOLC Modules A and B |
06-Feb-2009 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Jessica H Gilman; UNIV OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORT HUACHUCA AZ
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| The goal of Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leader Course (MIBOLC) is to produce officers who can think critically in order to analyze an overabundance of disputable information for pertinent data and recommend decisions and courses of action based on that analysis. To achieve that goal, officers need to engage critical thinking when learning how to be analysts. In the current MIBOLC course structure, comprised of five modules, information taught in ... |
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| Nonverbal Communication in the Contemporary Operating Environment |
Jan-2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Yager; Beret Strong; Linda Roan; David Matsumoto; Kimberly A Metcalf; ECROSSCULTURE CORP BOULDER CO
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| Nonverbal behavior (NVB) is a key part of communication, arguably accounting for considerably more of the communicative message than that contained in verbal exchanges. This is especially true when a language barrier exists, as it does for many Soldiers stationed overseas. Universal and culture-specific NVB knowledge, skills, and attitudes (propensity) enable Soldiers to better identify opportunities to influence individuals, groups, and situations, especially when seeking cooperation or needing to identify ... |
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| GSBPP Faculty Perceptions of Synchronous Distance Learning Technologies |
Dec-2008 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Inanc C Guremen; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Distance Learning (DL) is a formal learning activity that occurs when students and instructors are separated by either time or geographical distance. Since the learning and teaching occur in different places, DL requires special course design and instructional techniques, as well as special communication techniques and organizational- administrative arrangements DL programs have various delivery methods using either asynchronous (email, Web, videotape) or synchronous (Video teleconferencing, Elluminate) communications technologies. There are ... |
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| Learning to See: Research in Training a Robot Vision System |
Dec-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Gary Witus; Robert E Karlsen; TURING ASSOCIATES INC ANN ARBOR MI
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| Engineered or hard-coded autonomous behaviors tend to be brittle, working for a narrow range of conditions but failing outside that range. Trainable robots capable of learning and adapting to new environments and conditions have the potential for greater robustness and reusability. Trainable robots would not be restricted to learning from their own experience, but could potentially integrate models or lessons learned by other similar robots operating in different conditions, thus ... |
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| Standards-Based Reform in the United States: History, Research, and Future Directions |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
Brian Stecher; Laura Hamilton; Kun Yuan; RAND EDUCATION SANTA MONICA CA
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 | Standards-based reform is one of the most prominent features of the current educational landscape. Across the nation, states have adopted standards that describe the content that schools are expected to teach and that students are expected to master. The requirement for standards and aligned assessments has been a feature of federal legislation since the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994, and it is the centerpiece of the No Child ... |
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| Intelligence Analysts Need Training on How to Think |
13-Oct-2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Hanson; UNIV OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORT HUACHUCA AZ
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| Never in history has there been a more critical time when the United States military has had to focus on how military intelligence analysts are trained to fight today's battles to win tomorrow's wars. Soldiers need instruction that will enable them to more effectively combat the current threat. It has been an ongoing struggle to adapt to unconventional methods. Now that the US is in a new kind of war, ... |
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| Prototype Development of Low-Cost, Augmented Reality Trainer for Crew Service Weapons |
01-Sep-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Nathan Conger; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A significant emerging threat to coalition forces in littoral regions is from small craft such as jet skis, fast patrol boats, and speedboats. These craft, when armed, are categorized as Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC), and their arsenal can contain an array of weapons to include suicide bombs, crew-served weapons, anti-tank or ship missiles, and torpedoes. While these craft often have crude weapon technologies, they use an asymmetric tactic of ... |
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| Integrating Critical Thinking in the Curriculum of the Command and General Staff College |
13-Jun-2008 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Doyle; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Command and General Staff College (CGSC) endeavors to instill critical thinking as a skill practiced by its graduates. To this end the college has introduced the concept of critical thinking as a class within the core curriculum. Students must take a "critical thinking test" both before and after the block of core instruction, and numerous graphic training aids line the classroom walls in an attempt to reinforce these ideas. ... |
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| Computerized Training in Critical Thinking (CT)2: A Skill-Based Program for Army Personnel |
Jun-2008 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
V A Spiker; Sharon L Riedel; Susan C Fischer; Douglas H Harris; Evan R McPeters; ANACAPA SCIENCES INC SANTA BARBARA CA
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| This report describes the development and assessment of Web-based training in critical thinking (CT) for Army personnel. The primary product of this research program was easily distributed and accessible training in CT. The development of the training was supported by preliminary research that reviewed the research literature in critical thinking, developed a model of critical thinking, identified high impact CTS for Army personnel, and developed a prototype training system for ... |
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| Officer Leader Development and Education Survey |
07-May-2008 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Heidi Keller-Glaze; Ryan Riley; Josh Hatfield; Jon J Fallesen; Angela I Karrasch; ICF INTERNATIONAL OVERLAND PARK KS
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| This study investigated officer attitudes about leader development and education. GEN Wallace, the commanding general of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), asked that a survey be conducted to find out what captains, majors and lieutenant colonels want. Findings show that Army officers recognize the value of the officer education system (OES), however not everyone wants the same thing. The majority of officers like the time that resident education affords ... |
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| Developing Professional Logisticians |
19-Feb-2008 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
M T Milburn; MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA
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| The Marine Corps does not develop professional logisticians. At best, it trains personnel in the basic techniques of the special skill sets within their assigned military occupational specialty (MOS). Logisticians stagnate due to a lack of emphasis on professional development from leadership and a training and education system lacking the flexibility to meet the demands of a high operational tempo and the basic need for continuing education. The Marine Corps ... |
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| 3D Spatial Modeling Plan for Biospice |
JAN 2008 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
David Adalsteinsson; Phil Colella; NORTH CAROLINA UNIV AT CHAPEL HILL
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| This effort developed the spatial modeling component of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) BioSpice project. The principal accomplishments include the development of a new class of methods for simulating reaction-diffusion processes in cells, and of an end-to-end methodology for obtaining discretization data from image data via level sets. These methods were tested on several model problems in systems biology. |
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| How Can the U.S. Military Avoid Another 9/15?: An Analysis of the Inability of U.S. Military Leaders to Provide an Adequate Strategy for Responding to the 9/11 Attacks |
DEC 2007 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
James R. Mauldin; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| On September 15th, 2001, three days after the 9/11 attacks, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Hugh Shelton, presented the National Security Council (NSC) with three Department of Defense (DoD) developed Courses of Action (COAs) for a retaliatory strategy against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. All three plans called for direct action against these non-state, irregular forces. Even while presenting the plans, General Shelton admitted ... |
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| Cognitive Task Analysis of the Battalion Level Visualization Process |
OCT 2007 |
128 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis K. Leedom; William McElroy; Scott B. Shadrick; Carl Lickteig; Robet A. Pokorny; Jacqueline A. Haynes; James Bell; EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH INC VIENNA VA
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| This technical report describes the results of a cognitive task analysis to identify important skill areas associated with visualization at the battalion level of command. The analysis consisted of a review of current U.S. Army doctrinal literature, a review of battalion visualization from a psychological perspective, and a series of interviews with military officers having recent combat experience in either a command position or as a battalion Operations Officer or ... |
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| Training Methods and Tactical Decision-Making Simulations |
SEP 2007 |
193 pages |
| Authors:
C. N. Fitzpatrick III; Umit Avyaz; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Introducing simulation training to ground officers for the first time, within an existing proven curriculum, presents a number of challenges and questions. The proper amount of simulation time to evaluate and train skill sets and how to introduce simulation into an existing curriculum are mostly unknown. We have completed two studies at the Naval PostGraduate School (NPS). The first study examined the length of time and the most appropriate method ... |
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| Directory of AFRL/HEA Technical Publications Submitted to DTIC from 1969 to 2007 |
SEP 2007 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Herbert H. Bell; Elizabeth P. Casey; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB MESA AZ HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE
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| Since 1969, the Air Force Research Laboratory, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Readiness Research Division (AFRL/HEA) has submitted technical publications to the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) documenting the unique research and development efforts conducted by this organization to improve warfighter training. However, since the inception of AFRL/HEA, there have been many name changes to reflect the basic mission of this organization. The list of documents in this paper was prepared ... |
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| Motivational Interviewing in the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse |
AUG 2007 |
123 pages |
| Authors:
Theresa B. Moyers; NEW MEXICO UNIV ALBUQUERQUE
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| This study represented an effort to test whether standard training strategies, commonly used effectively in civilian providers, were effective in training Air Force Behavioral Health Providers in a specific empirically based treatment (EBT): motivational interviewing (MI). Employing a randomized, controlled design, providers were randomized to receive either standard training in MI or an enriched training option. The standard training option was a 2-day workshop on MI, while the enriched option ... |
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| An Assessment of the Continuum of the Systems Engineering Process |
MAR 2007 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
John Griffin; GRIFFIN CONSULTING PITTSBURGH PA
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| This briefing looks at the Joint Capability Integration and Development System and what the Air Force Institute of Technology teaches its students about applying the generic systems engineering to the JCIDS approach. This is amplified by case studies and what lessons can be learned from them. |
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| Education Industry |
2007 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Carrie R. Anthony; Kathy A. Baran; Deborah Cafarelli; Dennis J. Day; Andy Docherty; Stephen D. Ford; Joseph A. Grebe; Stephen C. Herkins; Paul S. Jerome; Jay E. Johnson; INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| The US has moved from an agrarian to a post-industrial society, presenting multiple crossroads to the US education industry. How the industry deals with three strategic themes of accountability, quality, and cost during the next few years will determine the paths taken at these critical crossroads. This report addresses three primary issues illustrating these themes: No Child Left Behind Act reauthorization, international competitiveness, and recruiting and retention of quality teachers. ... |
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| Application and Analysis of the Friedman-Sage Framework for Case Studies of Systems Engineering and Management |
2007 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
John M. Griffin; John M. Colombi; GRIFFIN CONSULTING PITTSBURGH PA
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| Case Studies are a new tool that brings Systems Engineering practice to the classroom. They can serve as a base to emphasize the effect of decisions and evolve to a more complex world. As a teaching tool in the area of Program Management the illustrate ways for all disciplines to operate in the Systems Engineering process. They highlight the importance of skills from multiple functional areas, including multiple engineering disciplines. ... |
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| Challenges in Developing a Performance Measurement System for the Global Virtual Environment |
DEC 2006 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Antoinette M. Portrey; Loren B. Keck; Brian T. Schreiber; LOCKHEED MARTIN SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT MESA AZ
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| The Air Force Research Laboratory, Warfighter Readiness Research Division, is continuously researching technologies to measure and track performance of knowledge and skills from an individual level to the command and control (C2) level, within both high fidelity distributed simulation environments and live training environments. This program initially developed a performance measurement system, the Performance Effectiveness Tracking System (PETS), which successfully captured the objective data necessary for Mission Essential Competency (MEC) ... |
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| Web-Enabled Training-Development Tool for Pre-Deployment and Deployed Training |
NOV 2006 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Anna T. Cianciolo; GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC CHAMPAIGN IL
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| Advanced training-development processes are required to enable the rapid generation of training activities that are responsive to immediate training need. The purpose of the present Phase I Small-Business Technology Transfer (STTR) effort was to explore the design and implementation of a web-enabled "training assistant" (TA) that supports the rapid generation of contextualized training activities. To conduct the Phase I research and development, GIST and Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) researched ... |
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| Advanced Learning Theories Applied to Leadership Development |
NOV 2006 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
Christina Curnow; Rebecca Mulvaney; Robert Calderon; Eric Weingart; Kenny Nicely; Heidi Keller-Glaze; Jon Fallesen; CALIBER AN ICF INTERNATIONAL CO FAIRFAX VA
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| This report describes the development and implementation of an application of advanced learning theories to leadership development. A literature review was conducted to identify advanced learning theories that have been used across disciplines. These learning theories were then operationalized into a six hour training module on influencing others using tactics described by FM 6-22. Pre- and post-test measures of influencing behaviors and the outcomes of these behaviors were also developed. ... |
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| User Evaluation of Biospice |
OCT 2006 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Evyatar Av-Ron; John H. Byrne; TEXAS UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL AT HOUSTON DEPT OF NEUROBIOLOGY AND ANATOMY
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| The BioComp project was established to provide the system biology community with a tool, a computing environment called Bio- SPICE, to carry out data collection, model development and computer simulation. Usability studies of the Bio-SPICE Dashboard and seven simulators/editors: BioSketchPad/Charon, BioSpreadSheet/ESS, Jarnac/JDesigner, JigCell, Simpathica, BioNets and Pathway Builder were performed. The usability of each simulator was examined and the interoperability of the various tools using System Biology Markup Language (SBML) ... |
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| Interfacing Simulations with Training Content |
01 SEP 2006 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Brandt W. Dargue; Brent Smith; Katherine L. Morse; Geoffrey Frank; BOEING CO ST LOUIS MO
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| Recent years have seen huge increases both in computing power and the number of people able to access computers and the Internet. This proliferation of information and communication technologies has enabled higher quality learning to be made available through increasingly sophisticated modes of presentation. Traditional or conventional training programs use a variety of instructional development strategies to support a student's need to master a variety of competencies. Simulations and games ... |
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| Chapter 5 - Common Military Task: Materials Handling |
SEP 2006 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Marilyn Sharp; Mary Rosenberger; Joseph Knapik; ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA MILITARY NUTRITION DIV
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| Lifting and lifting and carrying(L-L&C) tasks are the most common physically demanding tasks performed by the Armed Force of many NATO nations. These tasks contribute to overexertion injuries, particularly low back pain and disability. This review of the literature describes published recommendations for safe loads, the use of teamwork to reduce the load, equations used to predict the energy cost of L-L&C tasks, methods used by NATO nations to evaluate ... |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 12, Number 5, July 2006 |
Jul-2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| Throughout history, heat-related injuries have been significant threats to the health and operational effectiveness of military members. Decades of operational lessons learned and numerous research studies have resulted in doctrine, equipment, and training methods that significantly reduce the adverse effects of heat on U.S. military activities. Still, physical exertion in hot environments causes numerous (and occasionally fatal) injuries of U.S. soldiers. On a regular basis, the MSMR summarizes the heat ... |
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| Training Lessons Learned and Confirmed from Military Training Research |
APR 2006 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Richard L. Wampler; Jean L. Dyer; Stephen C. Livingston; Paul N. Blankenbeckler; James H. Centric; Michael D. Dlubac; NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION SYSTEMS COLUMBUS GA
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| This report summarizes lessons learned about military training that were accumulated over a 6-year period of training research. These lessons include new insights regarding training as well as lessons that reinforce basic principles of training and learning. The findings are based on the authors' observations and assessments of training as well as training experiments. Much of the training involved new and emerging training technologies. Some of it focused on training ... |
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| A Survey of Aviator Perceptions of Aviation Emergency Procedure Training and Recall |
FEB 2006 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
A. Estrada; S. Dumond; ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL
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| The first step in the U.S. Army's current practice of teaching aviation emergency procedures is to require student pilots to learn the textual procedures through rote memorization. No standardized guidance or memorization techniques are provided as best practices. The U.S. Army is particularly demanding of their student and graduate pilots in that it requires the memorization of an extensive number of emergency procedures (many more than the other military services), ... |
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| Improving the Effectiveness of Army Distributed Learning: A Research and Policy Agenda |
2006 |
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| Authors:
Susan G. Straus; Jolene Galegher; Michael G. Shanley; Joy S. Moini; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| As part of an ambitious plan to transform its training practices, the U.S. Army has established a large distributed learning (DL) program. This program is intended to enable the Army to provide decentralized training using one or more information and communication technologies or a combination of classroom training and technology-mediated training. The Army Distributed Learning Program, or TADLP, is a comprehensive program that is implementing DL through digital training facilities, ... |
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| Education Industry, 2006 |
2006 |
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| Authors:
INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC
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| The education industry is vital to United States (U.S.) national security as it is largely responsible for generating the human capital necessary to effectively integrate the various instruments of power to promote U.S. national interests. An educated workforce and citizenry contribute to the economic and political well being of our democracy. The U.S. education system has been the cornerstone of the world s largest and most powerful middle class, capable ... |
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| Performance-Based Service Acquisition (PBSA) Study and Graduate Level Course Material |
DEC 2005 |
149 pages |
| Authors:
Penny S. Kennedy; Joe T. McClure; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The purpose of this project is to provide materials and information in the form of lessons that will make up a teachable course for graduate students of the Naval Post Graduate School. In addition, this research will address the current Department of Defense contracting policy, guidance, regulations and lessons learn. Performance-based Service Acquisition (PBSA) within the Department of Defense at both other government agencies, as well as commercial practices at ... |
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| Practical Markov Logic Containing First-Order Quantifiers With Application to Identity Uncertainty |
08 SEP 2005 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Aron Culotta; Andrew McCallum; MASSACHUSETTS UNIV AMHERST DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Markov logic is a highly expressive language recently introduced to specify the connectivity of a Markov network using first-order logic. While Markov logic is capable of constructing arbitrary first-order formulae over the data, the complexity of these formulae is often limited in practice because of the size and connectivity of the resulting network. In this paper, we present approximate inference and training methods that incrementally instantiate portions of the network ... |
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| Adaptive Instructional Systems |
SEP 2005 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Cobb; CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORP ANN ARBOR MI
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| This report describes the Phase I activities conducted for the Army Research Institute (ARI) at Cybernet Systems Corporation during the period of January 24th, 2000 to July 24, 2000, under the "Adaptive Instructional Systems" contract DASW01-00-M-4088. These activities focused on four major areas: 1. Develop a Helicopter Flight Model for the Model-Based Reasoning Diagnostic Engine (MBRDE), 2. Integrate the Model-Based Reasoning Diagnostic Engine into the OpenSkies Virtual Environment Training System, ... |
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| Ground Moving Target Engagement by Cooperative UAVs |
JUN 2005 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Corey Schumacher; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH AIR VEHICLES DIRECTORATE
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| The purpose of this tutorial paper is to present an application example for the MultiUAV cooperative control simulation. MultiUAV has been used to simulate a Cooperative Moving Target Engagement (CMTE) scenario, with a team of UAVs acting as a sensor and communication network to cooperatively track and attack moving ground targets. This scenario illustrates the utility of MultiUAV for cooperative control applications requiring heterogeneous vehicles with varied sensor, communication, dynamic, ... |
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| Population Health Trial for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation with Military Personnel |
MAY 2005 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Herbert H. Severson; OREGON RESEARCH INST EUGENE
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| While smoking cessation has received considerable attention within the military, the use of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco and snuff) has not been a focus of medical services or research. Epidemiological data suggest that while smoking has continued to decline both in the general population and within the military, the use of smokeless tobacco products has increased. The primary objective of this research is to develop and evaluate an intervention for ... |
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| Criteria for Appraising Computer-Based Simulations for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language |
APR 2005 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Dabrowski; INDIANA UNIV AT BLOOMINGTON
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| This was an exploratory study aimed at defining more sharply the pedagogical and practical challenges entailed in designing and creating computer-based game-types simulations for learning Arabic as a foreign language. For those with neither access to study abroad nor classroom instruction, or for those whose classroom instruction emphasized grammar/translation over communication, the possibility now exists to learn to speak a foreign language in a virtual environment. The basic pedagogical premise ... |
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| Changes in Instructional System Design (ISD): Improving Training Product Delivery to United States Army Soldiers |
18 MAR 2005 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Richard W. Swain; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The purpose of this study is to identify methods that could speed up the Instructional System Design (ISD) process currently used by the U.S. Army. The current Army ISD process is the Systems Approach to Training (SAT) a 30- year-old process. SAT is an industrial-age process being applied to an information-age Army. This study surveyed Army training development experts about what they see as significant challenges in the SAT process. ... |
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| Scholarship for Service: IA Tutorials and Workshops for Educators |
MAR 2005 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Cynthia E. Irvine; Naomi B. Falby; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| In 2003 and 2004 the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (CISR) at the Naval Postgraduate School organized tutorials and workshops with the intent of increasing the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to produce professionals in the fields of Information Assurance (IA) and computer security. The target audience of the workshops has been 2-year college, 4-year college, and university-level educators who have responsibility for teaching ... |
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| Automated Socratic Tutors for High-Level Command Skills |
2005 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Eric A. Domeshek; Elias Holman; Karol G. Ross; STOTTLER HENKE ASSOCIATES INC ARLINGTONMA
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| Under stress, human decision-makers revert to their best-practiced habits. This includes military commanders who may fail to act effectively under pressure for lack of sufficient practice. The US Army Research Institute (ARI) developed a training methodology emphasizing repeated exposure to small challenging vignettes enabling drill on command decision-making. Rather than role-play to a simulated conclusion, mentors focus on analyses and dialogues that explore reasoning and rationale. Adoption of this methodology ... |
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| Developing an Adaptive Intelligent Flight Trainer |
2005 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Jeremy Ludwig; Sowmya Ramachandran; William R. Howse; ARMY RESEARCH INST FIELD UNIT FORT RUCKER AL
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| Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) seek to mimic the learning improvement provided in a one-on-one tutor/student relationship. To effectively teach to a student, the ITS must adapt to the student's current understanding. Many ITSs judge a student's knowledge by current and historic performance in a subject area. From this information, an ITS can determine a number of facts about the student relevant to tutoring. This current/past performance view of tutoring ignores ... |
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| Education Reform in Pakistan |
23 DEC 2004 |
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| Authors:
K. A. Kronstadt; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Pakistan's primary education system ranks among the world's least effective. The Bush Administration, Congress, and the 9/11 Commission each have identified this issue as relevant to U.S. interests in South Asia. Legislation passed by the 108th Congress called for U.S. support to "improve and expand access to education for all [Pakistani] citizens" and required the Secretary of State to report on Pakistan's education reform strategy and the U.S. strategy to ... |
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| Learning the Lessons of Leadership Experience: Tools for Interactive Case Method Analysis |
DEC 2004 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Randall W. Hill Jr.; Andrew S. Gordon; Julia M. Kim; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY
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| The Army Excellence in Leadership (AXL) project at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies is aimed at supporting the acquisition of tacit knowledge of military leadership through the development of compelling filmed narratives of leadership scenarios and interactive training technologies. The approach taken in the AXL project is to leverage the best practices of case-method teaching and use Hollywood storytelling techniques to create fictional case studies (as ... |
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