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Fox, Wayne L.; And Others

Aptitude Level and the Acquisitiol ofSkills andKnowledges in a Variety of Militay TrainingTasks.George Washington Univ., Alexandria, Va.HumanResources Research Office.

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Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, *Aptitude,

Bibliographies, Educational Background,EnlistedMen, Ethnic Groups, *Knowledge Level, *Learning, *Military Training, Research, *Skill Development,

Task Performance, Tests

Armed Forces Qualifying Test, United StatesArmy

To assess the effects of wide aptitude differences

on the acquisition of military knowledges and skills,a sample of lelArmy recruits was divided into three maximallydistant aptitudegroups on the basis of Armed Forces Qualifying Test(AFQT) scores:high aptitude (AFQT 90-99); middle aptitude(AFQT 4555) ;lowaptitude (AFQT 10-21)

.Recruits were individually trainedto aperformance criterion in differing combinationsof eight tasks(simple and choice monitoring, M-14 rifleassembly and disassembly,missile preparation, military symbols, theinternational phoneticalphabet, combat plotting) representativeof Army training. Va:ioussupplementary psychometric, scholastic achievement,and basic combattraining attainment datawere analyzed. Results were consistent indemonstrating large differences relatedto aptitude. As groups, highaptitude individuals excelled, low aptitudeindividuals did poorly,and middle aptitude groups fell inan intermediate range on allmeasures.(The document includesseven references and 29 tables andfigures.)(LY)

Technical Report 69-6

Aptitude Level and the ,Acciuistion of

Skills and Know ledges in

aVariety of co

Military Training Tasks

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Wayne L. Fox, John E. Taylor, and

John S. Cay lorby

Cs HumRRO Division No. 3 (Recruit Training)U,S, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION &

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Aptitude Level and the Acquisition of

Skills and Know ledges in a Variety of

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Military Training Tasks

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Wayne L. Fox, John E. Taylor, and

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John S. Cay lor

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Prepared for:

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Department of thee Army

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HumRRO Division No. 3 (Recruit Training)

Presidio of Monterey, California

The George Washington University

HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICETechnical Report 69-6

Work Unit SPECTRUM

Sub-Unit II

The Human Resources Research Office is a nongovernmental agency of The George Washington University. HumRRO research for the Department of the Army is conducted under Contract DAHC 19-69-C-0018.

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mission for the Department of the Army is to conduct research in the fields of training, motivation, and leadership. The findings in this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position,unless so designated by other authorized documents.

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FOREWORD

The research reported here is part of an overall research effort under Work

Unit SPECTRUM to develop procedures for selecting and organizing trainingcontent and training methods to achieve more effective training across the spec-trum of aptitude. This report concludes Work Sub-Unit SPECTRUM II, the pur-pose of which was to clarify the relationship between aptitude level and theacquisition of military skills and knowledges. Research for this study was con-ducted from January 1967 through June 1968.The research was conducted by HumRRO Division No. 3 (Recruit Training)at Fort Ord, California; the Director of Research is Dr. Howard H. McFann.Military support for the study was provided by the U.S. Army Training Cen-ter Human Research Unit. Military Chief of the Unit during the conduct of thestudy was LTC David S. Marshall; the present Chief is LTC Robert J. Emswiler.The research was carried out by Dr. Wayne L. Fox, Dr. John E. Taylor,and Dr. John S. Caylor. Military Assistants were SP 4 William S. Eagleson,SP 4 Dale L. Smith, PFC Everett E. Goodwin, and PFC James F. Hertzog.HumRRO research for the Department of the Army is conducted under Con-tract DAHC 19-69-C-0018. Training, Motivation, Leadership Research is con-ducted under Army Project 2J062107A712.

Meredith P. Crawford

DirectorHuman Resources Research Office

Military Problem

The Army has the problem of training men of widely differing aptitude levels in a variety of military jobs. Recent Department of Defense decisions to lower mental standards for induction and enlistment to the statutory minimum AFQT score is resulting in a greater concentration of lower aptitude trainees in the Army training program.

Increasing the number of low aptitude

trainees will not only make the training job more difficult but may also result in marked loss in performance by the more apt as they become even more bored and restless than evidenced in the past. Current technology of training provides little information useful to the Armed Forces for designing training programs to accommodate the entire spectrum of aptitude.

Although research

directed toward engineering of training for those in lower mental Category IV has been started, results are not yet structured or specific enough to tell how to conduct training. With the Army's training population now spread so widely across the spectrum of aptitude, research is needed on the relationship of training performance to aptitude in order to determine what, if any, differ-

ential training is required for the efficient production of relatively standard MOS-qualified soldiers.

Research Problem

The relationship between aptitude level and training performance must be clarified before recommendations for increasing training efficiency can be made.

This report presents research

aimed at providing this information. Specifically, this report deals with the relationship between aptitude level and the acquisition of military skills and knowledges in a variety of training tasks which differ in complexity.

Method

One hundred and eighty-three U.S. Army recruits were divided into high, middle, and low aptitude groups on the basis of Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores, Groups of high,quotesdbs_dbs2.pdfusesText_3

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