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Instructional Mode and Its Effect on Initial Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Donning Attempts during Training.

PB91102277

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	Vaught, C.; Brnich, M. J.; Kellner, H. J.
Page Count	20
Abstract	The purpose of the Bureau of Mines study was to assess the impact of four different instructional modes upon trainees' ability to don self-contained self-rescuers. The modes, designed to deliver the same prepractice instruction, were a computer-based training program, a structured lecture, a live demonstration, and a step-by-step hands-on talk-through. Two hundred forty-one subjects were assigned to groups that received their initial self-rescuer donning instruction by one of the four modes. The trainees' performances were then assessed using a number of different measures. It was found that delivery mode had a moderate initial influence upon how well people performed.
Keywords	Programmed instruction Breathing apparatus Mine fires Human factors engineering Safety devices Fire fighting Safety engineering Education Survival equipment
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 95D - Human Factors Engineering 92A - Job Training & Career Development
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.; Product Research, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Supplemental Notes	Library of Congress catalog card no. 88-600241. Prepared in cooperation with Product Research, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. of investigations/1988.
NTIS Issue Number	199101

Instructional Mode and Its Effect on Initial Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Donning Attempts during Training.

Instructional Mode and Its Effect on Initial Self-Contained Self-Rescuer Donning Attempts during Training.
PB91102277

Publication Date	1988
Personal Author	Vaught, C.; Brnich, M. J.; Kellner, H. J.
Page Count	20
Abstract	The purpose of the Bureau of Mines study was to assess the impact of four different instructional modes upon trainees' ability to don self-contained self-rescuers. The modes, designed to deliver the same prepractice instruction, were a computer-based training program, a structured lecture, a live demonstration, and a step-by-step hands-on talk-through. Two hundred forty-one subjects were assigned to groups that received their initial self-rescuer donning instruction by one of the four modes. The trainees' performances were then assessed using a number of different measures. It was found that delivery mode had a moderate initial influence upon how well people performed.
Keywords	Programmed instruction Breathing apparatus Mine fires Human factors engineering Safety devices Fire fighting Safety engineering Education Survival equipment
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 95D - Human Factors Engineering 92A - Job Training & Career Development
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.; Product Research, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Supplemental Notes	Library of Congress catalog card no. 88-600241. Prepared in cooperation with Product Research, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. of investigations/1988.
NTIS Issue Number	199101