Title
The Effect Of Feedback Specificity In A Virtual Training Environment
Abstract
Feedback clearly contributes to performance improvement; however, the most effective ways to provide feedback in virtual training environments has not been established. In the present experiment we investigated the effect of feedback specificity. Participants practiced applying search procedures during multiple search missions in a virtual environment. All conditions received a performance score after each mission. The control group received no additional feedback, whereas the detailed group received feedback at the enabling learning objective level, and the general feedback group received feedback at the terminal learning objective level. The detailed group showed the most rapid performance improvement; however, participants in the general group showed equally rapid acquisition if they consulted supplementary materials two or three times. Those who did not performed no better than the control condition. The results suggest that easily accessible detailed feedback produces faster acquisition, compared to when the same information is less easy to access.
Publication Date
12-1-2012
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
Number of Pages
1576-1580
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561314
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84873463490 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84873463490
STARS Citation
Johnson, Cheryl I.; Priest-Walker, Heather A.; Durlach, Paula J.; and Serge, Stephen R., "The Effect Of Feedback Specificity In A Virtual Training Environment" (2012). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 3943.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/3943