Book Description

This report describes the development and testing of the Instructor Orientation Course (IOC), which was designed to accompany the Army ROTC Management Simulation Program (MSP). A field test of the MSP, an instructional package directed toward developing management skills, had revealed the need for training instructors in this new type of material. Consequently, a training program was developed to: (1) provide instructors of the MSP with an opportunity to experience the program from a student perspective and (2) develop critical instructor competencies relevant to each component of the MSP. The IOC consists of a videotape and a series of audiotapes and workbooks. A two-phase evaluation involving one instructor from each of sixteen schools was conducted to determine whether the IOC met its objectives. The video tape, audiotapes and workbooks were all evaluated favorably. A number of apparent deficiencies were identified in the course of the evaluation, resulting in modifications to the IOC before it became fully operational. (Author).