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THE INFLUENCE OF TRAINING METHOD AND TRAINEE AGE ON THE ACQUISITION OF COMPUTER SKILLS

1988; Wiley; Volume: 41; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1744-6570.1988.tb02384.x

1744-6570

Marilyn E. Gist, Benson Rosen, Catherine E. Schwoerer,

Technology Assessment and Management

This experiment examined the influence of training method and trainee age on performance during training in the acquisition of computer software skills. A behavioral modeling training method yielded consistently superior computer software mastery compared with a nonmodeling approach. Older trainees exhibited significantly lower performance than did younger trainees in both the modeling and the nonmodeling training conditions. Findings are discussed in terms of strategies for overcoming older worker technological obsolescence.