An Evaluation of Computer Based Training for Police Radar OperatorsThe purpose of this study was to examine two instructional methods for delivering a radar operators training class for members of a municipal police department. The first method examined was the traditional classroom-based training with a certified radar instructor. The second method was a computer-based training (CBT) course based on the instructional material from the classroom-based course. The CBT course was administered on CD-ROM using the police department s Windows(c) based computers. This study compared the two methods of delivery to determine if the CBT course was as effective as the traditional classroom-based course. Effectiveness was measured by the completion times of the two courses, examination scores, and overall participant satisfaction levels. These measures were conducted using quasi-experimental design that involved two sample groups. The total population was sixty-nine police officers. The sample contained fourteen participants, divided into two equal groups of seven. The independent variable was the instructional method. The dependent variables were the course completion times, examination scores, and the satisfaction levels of the participants. Of the two groups of police officers, Group 1 received the CBT for radar operators, while Group 2 received the traditional classroom training. Data was gathered regarding the completion times, test results, and participant satisfaction levels of the two courses. A statistical analysis of the data was conducted to determine the difference in course completion times, test scores, and participant satisfaction levels between the two courses. |
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Instructional Strategy | 40 |
Measuring Student Satisfaction | 53 |
METHODOLOGY | 76 |
RESULTS | 86 |
Summary of Findings | 93 |
Recommendations | 101 |
Course Feedback Form | 112 |
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Page 82 - Evaluator Credibility The persons conducting the evaluation should be both trustworthy and competent to perform the evaluation so that the evaluation findings achieve maximum credibility and acceptance.
Page 82 - Education, 1985, 1999), and the Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Inc., 1987).
Page 46 - Interactive instructional technique in which a computer is used to present instructional material, monitor learning, and select additional instructional material in accordance with individual learner needs...
Page 36 - Categories in the cognitive domain include: (a) knowledge, (b) comprehension, (c) application, (d) analysis, (e) synthesis, and (f) evaluation.
Page 96 - SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY The purpose of this study was to assess bilingual education costs and the development of weighted pupil-factors for bilingual education in Texas.
Page 7 - ... the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (1967), the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals (1973), and the American Bar Association /IACP Standards for the Urban Police Function (1973; 1979).
Page 50 - A meta-analysis of 32 comparative studies showed that computer-based education has generally had positive effects on the achievement of elementary school pupils. These effects have been different, however, for programs of off-line computer-managed instruction (CMI) and for interactive computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The average effect in 28 studies of CAI programs was an increase in pupil achievement scores of 0.47 standard deviations, or from the 50th...
Page 48 - Kulik draws the following conclusions from his work. 1. Students usually learn more in classes in which they receive computer-based instruction. . . . 2. Students learn their lessons in less time with computer-based instruction. . . . 3. Students also like their classes more when they receive computer help in them. . . . 4. Students develop more positive attitudes toward computers when they receive help from them in school 5. Computers...
Page 48 - Students usually learn more in classes in which they receive computerbased instruction. The analyses produce slightly different estimates of the magnitude of the computer effect, but all the estimates were positive. • Students learn their lessons in less time with computer-based instruction. The average reduction in instructional time was 34% in 17 studies of college instruction, and 24% in 15 studies of adult education.
Page 56 - Fredericksen, et. al. (1999) also state that "comments which were often made on the student survey suggest that many students perceive the Internet-based courses to be harder than traditional classroom-based courses, yet 70% indicated that they will take more courses on the Internet; and 45% responded that they would like to do all of their coursework on the Internet.