Technical Report 1032
Evaluation of an Unaided Night Vision
Instructional Program for Ground Forces
Jean L. Dyer, Kimberli Gaillard,
Nancy R. McClure, and Suzanne M. Osborne
U.S. Army Research Institute
October 1995
United States Army Research Institute
for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
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1 ABSTRACT mum 200 wos)
‘An unaided night vision program for ground forces was developed to reduce current training deficiencies in instructional
‘materials and the training literature, ‘The program is presented inthe dark and demonstrates visual problems at night and how to
overcome them, Two experiments with experienced soldiers showed the program inereased soldier knowledge by 40% regardless of
‘Army experience and can be given effectively by military instructors. Content designated as more important was acquired better
than less important content. The program had a stronger effect on demonstration-related and technical material than on soldiers!
ability to apply night vision concepts to new situations. Baseline results with experienced soldiers showed their knowledge of
‘unaided night vision was fragmentary and limited, An experiment comparing the program to & text version showed that Infantry
inces with low verbal ability benefited more from the program itself than the text version; trainees with high verbal ability
benefited more from the text version. Relatively little forgetting occurred over a 3-week period. Knowledge gained from the
program can be applied directly to improve soldier performance and to refine unit standard operating procedures for night
‘operations,
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Unaided night vision Nighttraining Training Soldier ability
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