Background: Virtual reality (VR) is becoming increasingly accessible and being utilized in various organizations to meet education and training needs. Despite its potential, research regarding VR applications has focused on measuring the effectiveness of VR programs relative to non-VR programs; consequently, the ways in which VR programs are…

This article provides a critical review of the current studies in VR-based health and safety training, assessment techniques, training evaluation, and its potential to improve the training evaluation outcomes in various high-risk engineering industries. The results of this analysis indicate the breadth of VR-based applications in training users on…

A training package for the Collaborative Model for Promoting Competence and Success (COMPASS), a multilevel consultation and coaching intervention for improved educational outcomes of students with autism, was developed and evaluated. Using a Hybrid Type 3 design with emphasis on implementation and a multidimensional approach to evaluating…

This research aims to show the impact of training actions on restorative practices in a group of teachers who were not well versed in this issue. The purpose was to find and compare the views the training attendees had beforehand and upon completion about conflicts and how to tackle them. At the same time, the intention was to analyze the role…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate workplace learning in the context of the rail industry, specifically for the type of learning required to become a train driver. It examines the impact of changes to the traditional learning model, and explores the potential of mentoring in the learning/training model.…

Unstated beliefs adults bring to training may conflict with what they are being taught. Rather than identifying learning objectives, trainers should identify trainee assumptions through questionnaires that force people to confront their beliefs and help unblock them. (JOW)

Three groups of strategies for overcoming trainee resistance are (1) preventing (distracting, assuming a "one-down" position, baiting, preempting, linking); (2) circumventing (refraining, disengaging); and (3) using resistance (treating it as substantive agreement). (SK)

Drawing on her experience with County Durham Learning and subsequently as a Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement in Non-Accredited Learning (RARPA) Champion for the Learning and Skills Council and as a trainer for the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and the Learning and Skills Network, the author outlines the…

A simplified classroom exercise, the ring-toss exercise, was successful for the authors in communicating thoughts about setting realistic objectives and improving performance. (DS)

Of the 233 facilitators trained between August 1979 and January 1985 to introduce the /I/D/E/A/ Principals' Program to principals in their local areas, 206 completed a training program evaluation form. From this form the facilitator trainers obtained data concerning factors affecting the effectiveness of facilitator training programs. Ratings were…

Describes a learner-centered training model which draws from recent research on brain-based learning, multiple intelligences, and emotional intelligences. Emphasizes the importance of attending to trainees' emotional, physical, and social environments in addition to their cognitive environment. (EV)

Investigated the task performance of laboratory work groups whose members were trained together or alone. Group members trained together recalled more about assembly procedures and produced better-quality radios than groups whose members were trained alone. Group training improved group performance by enhancing transactive memory systems among…

The 1968 training research register of the British Department of Employment and Productivity lists and classifies current and recently completed projects, and indicates the range of research in the training and closely related fields. It is arranged according to a classification system based on nine main schedules: National Considerations; The…

The students taking part in the training workshop (arranged by the Kentucky Public Service Careers Program and the Kentucky Department of Corrections) came from a variety of backgrounds and were all educationally and socially disadvantaged, but were intelligent and rated high in self-knowledge, social awareness and knowledge of human behavior.…

Three nonprofessionals, including those with limited education and advanced age, received training to become effective behavior modification agents (therapists). Each was then individually observed and videotaped in his work with a retarded child. Therapists' performances were not adequate for effecting the desired changes in the childrens'…