Transitioning SA Theory and Research into Practical Training Guidance: A Case Study

The present effort describes approaches that were applied to transition situation awareness research to address the needs of a military training community. First, a multidisciplinary team allowed us to incorporate research and theory in regards to SA, envision how it could be applied to support ISD products, and incorporate the expertise of members of the operational community. Second, a goal directed training situation analysis enabled us to identify key aspects of the training environment that helped guide the identification of methods that would work. Finally, a multi-method approach allowed us to apply behavioral, cognitive, and ISD approaches to better understand how to define, measure, and train SA in this environment. Such approaches may be applied to transition other complex cognitive constructs from research to applied realms.