Task complexity (2 levels), task organization (independence of task dimensions-2 levels), and training method (whole vs. progressivepart) were combined factorially in an 8-group transfer of training study of skill in a Markov prediction task. A hypothesized interaction of the 3 independent variables was supported by the data, thus suggesting the following training principle: for a relatively highly organized (integrated) task, a whole-task training method should be superior to a part schedule at all levels of task complexity; however, for a relatively unorganized task (all task dimensions independent), an increase in task complexity will result in a part-task training schedule becoming superior to whole training.
Three different work structures were examined factorially with two levels of task structure and two levels of task organization using two-man teams in a multiple-cue inference task in an initial test of the Dickinson-Naylor taxonomy of team performance. All teams performed for 200 trials. Task structure significantly influenced team achievement, consistency, and matching, while task organization influenced only team achievement and matching behavior. Work structure failed to show any effect upon performance except in terms of the degree to which team responses could be predicted from individual member responses.
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