Using a computer-based simulation with an artificial intelligence component and discovery learning to formulate training needs for a new technology

Miscellaneous · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7230785

Hillis, D R

A computer-based simulation with an artificial intelligence component and discovery learning was investigated as a method to formulate training needs for new or unfamiliar technologies. Specifically, the study examined if this simulation method would provide for the recognition of applications and knowledge/skills which would be the basis for establishing training needs. The study also examined the effect of field-dependence/independence on recognition of applications and knowledge/skills. A pretest-posttest control group experimental design involving fifty-eight college students from an industrial technology program was used. The study concluded that the simulation was effective in developing recognition of applications and the knowledge/skills for a new or unfamiliar technology. And, the simulation's effectiveness for providing this recognition was not limited by an individual's field-dependence/independence.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7230785
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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