Integrated Critical Thinking Training and Decision Support for Tactical Anti-Air Warfare1
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1 This work was supported by Contract No. N61339-96-R-0046 with the Naval Air Warfare Center Training System Division. Abstract There is an opportunity to explore synergies between training and decision support in the Tactical Decision Making Under Stress (TADMUS) program. Decision making skill appears to involve a combination of recognitional and metacognitive elements. A model of decision making based on this principle has been developed, and training has been designed based on the model. The training has four components: a process for testing an assessment of a track’s intent by constructing, verifying, and improving stories; a specific kind of story for intent to attack; methods for finding the assumptions underlying a story; and strategies for deciding when to examine an assessment critically and when to act immediately. Concepts for a decision support system (DSS) have been developed that facilitate these aspects of critical thinking. The DSS design provides a causal, story-based organization of information about a track, and it supports both recognitional and metacognitive strategies of decision making. Pattern matching is facilitated by color coding of supporting and conflicting cues, as well as gaps in information and expectations based on an assessment. Story building, or assumption-based reasoning, is supported by enabling users to adopt and evaluate assumptions that explain conflicting evidence and lead to a more coherent story. Experimental research will soon be underway to test the value of the DSS as a tool in critical thinking training, and the contribution of critical thinking training to performance with the DSS.
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