Literature Review on Skill Fade - Human Factors Integration ...

HFIDTC/2/WP10.3/2
Version No. 1/ 25 May 2007
5.1.1.2 Ability to Learn ................................................................................................... 11
5.1.1.3 Prior Knowledge ................................................................................................ 12
5.1.2 Skill Fade ........................................................................................................... 12
5.1.3 Skill maintenance............................................................................................... 12
5.1.4 Skill Re-acquisition ............................................................................................ 12
5.1.5 Skill Transfer...................................................................................................... 12
5.2 <strong>Literature</strong> <strong>Review</strong> .............................................................................................................. 13
5.3 Modelling Skill Fade .......................................................................................................... 17
5.4 Organisational Recommendations.................................................................................... 17
6 Skill Fade <strong>Literature</strong> Post 1998 ................................................................ 20
6.1 Recent Research Findings................................................................................................ 21
6.1.1 Repeated Retrieval “The Testing Effect” ........................................................... 21
6.1.2 Overlearning ...................................................................................................... 22
6.1.2.1 Overlearning Beyond Criteria ............................................................................ 22
6.1.2.2 Increased Information in the same Period......................................................... 23
6.1.3 Inter-Study-Interval ............................................................................................ 23
6.1.4 Spacing of Learning........................................................................................... 24
6.1.5 Feedback ........................................................................................................... 24
6.1.6 Individual Differences ........................................................................................ 25
6.1.6.1 Ability ................................................................................................................. 25
6.1.6.2 Motivation........................................................................................................... 25
6.1.6.3 Prior Knowledge ................................................................................................ 25
6.1.7 Additional Research in Learning........................................................................ 25
7 Updating Healy et al.’s Three Classes ..................................................... 26
7.1 Optimising Conditions of Training ..................................................................................... 26
7.2 Optimising the Learning Strategy...................................................................................... 27
7.3 Automaticity....................................................................................................................... 27
7.4 Updating and Progressing Summers et al.’s Model.......................................................... 28
8 Further Work ............................................................................................ 29
9 References............................................................................................... 31
10 Bibliography.............................................................................................. 32
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