POST-TRAINING PERFORMANCE CRITERION DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIDIMENSIONAL SCALES FOR THE DIMENSIONS DERIVED FROM A MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE ANALYSIS OF THE JOB OF THE NAVAL AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

30 operational tasks of psychology professors were scaled by the 14 students and 10 of the 14 faculty of the same department using an adaptation of the pair comparisons method. The stimuli, in the form of operational statements of classroom teacher activities, were compared two at a time by Ss who made judgments in terms of the amount of similarity between activities. These judgments were then transformed into correlation coefficients and factor analysed. Factorial congruence between faculty and student judgments was demonstrated. The classroom activities of the psychology professors at the urban college may be described in terms of 8 basic dimensions: “Knowledge Dissemination,” “Teacher Dynamism,” “Classroom Administration,” “Control of Student Behavior,” “Environmental Regulation,” “Advisory Guidance,” “Information Dissemination,” and “Teacher-Student Feedback.”

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Predictive Validity of a Selection Procedure for Air Traffic Controller Trainees

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000039 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 19-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Yvonne Pecena ◽

Doris Keye ◽

Kristin Conzelmann ◽

Dietrich Grasshoff ◽

Peter Maschke ◽

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Keyword(s):

Predictive Validity ◽

Selection Procedure ◽

Air Traffic ◽

Performance Criteria ◽

Training Phase ◽

Air Traffic Controller ◽

Training Performance ◽

Navigation Service ◽

German Aerospace ◽

Training Success

The job of an air traffic controller (ATCO) is very specific and demanding. The assessment of potential suitable candidates requires a customized and efficient selection procedure. The German Aerospace Center DLR conducts a highly selective, multiple-stage selection procedure for ab initio ATCO applicants for the German Air Navigation Service Provider DFS. Successful applicants start their training with a training phase at the DFS Academy and then continue with a unit training phase in live traffic. ATCO validity studies are scarcely reported in the international scientific literature and have mainly been conducted in a military context with only small and male samples. This validation study encompasses the data from 430 DFS ATCO trainees, starting with candidate selection and extending to the completion of their training. Validity analyses involved the prediction of training success and several training performance criteria derived from initial training. The final training success rate of about 79% was highly satisfactory and higher than that of other countries. The findings demonstrated that all stages of the selection procedure showed predictive validity toward training performance. Among the best predictors were scores measuring attention and multitasking ability, and ratings on general motivation from the interview.

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