Feedback mechanisms in automated emergency management training, 2009

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Gua

Identifier: b2195469

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Software Engineering program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Science degree.

Dates

Creation: 2009

Creator

Guardascione, Matthew (1987- ) (Author, Person)
Milewski, Allen (Thesis advisor, Person)

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Extent

1 Items (print book) : 46 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This study explored automated training for emergency managers, and the effects of feedback on performance and preferences. To explore the effects of training procedures, a prototype emergency management training application was built to allow the usage of either immediate feedback or hot wash feedback. Users were split into two groups and asked to run through two emergency management scenarios using one of the feedback mechanisms, and the difference in scores between each feedback were analyzed.

There was a general increase in performance across sessions, suggesting that learning took place with the automated tool. Further, the improvements in scores between each feedback type did show that users perform signficantly better when using the hot wash feedback mechanism over the immediate feedback mechanism. In contrast to the performance data, user's [sic] opinions showed no overall differences between the two procedures, although everyone strongly favor [sic] one feedback mechanism over the other, stating that their personal way of learning strongly adhered to one particular style of feedback. Therefore, while the hot wash feedback mechanism data showed slightly better results than the immediate feedback data, both types of feedback should be used when automating emergency management trainers, as it is a matter of personal learning preference.

Partial Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The current solution -- 3. The research -- 4. The event driven trainer -- 5. The evaluation -- Bibliography -- Appendix A. File driven application guide -- Appendix B. Blizzard scenario XML -- Appendix C. Nor'easter scenario XML -- Appendix D. Trainer user guide -- Appendix E. Exit polls.