Effectiveness Data

The Visum Training System employs instructional design techniques that have been proven effective in empirical studies. The following outlines the results of the research studies that support Visum's techniques.

The Visum Training System

The Visum Training System has several instructional elements that support its high degree of effectiveness, including:

• Careful content analysis and development,
• Pre-testing and post-testing,
• Practice, and
• Interactivity with appropriate feedback

These elements combine to make the Visum Training System an instructional environment that surpasses traditional learning environments.

Traditional environments do not include some or all of the instructional elements listed above. For example, the charts below depict data from research that tested the Visum Training System against traditional training that did not include appropriate content analysis or practice. The charts show data for four different tests. The first test evaluated basic learning by testing the learner with content in a format exactly like that used when the content was trained. The second test evaluated the learner's ability to remember basic content. This test was the same as the first test, however, it was given a full month after the training was complete. The third test evaluated the learner's ability to use the content for novel problem solving. This test presented questions that required the learner to use the content in ways that were not exactly like those presented during the training. Finally, remembering and problem solving were tested in the fourth test, which utilized novel problems and was delayed for a full month after training.

Visum Training vs. Traditional Training

This chart depicts the increased accuracy with which the Visum trained learners were able to respond under each of the four testing conditions. These data suggest that Visum trained learners will learn better, remember longer, and be able to solve problems with the content they have learned much more effectively.

Visum Training vs. Traditional Training: Performance Speed

This chart depicts data that show how much faster Visum trained students were able to respond during each of the tests. This suggests that learners trained with the Visum Training System are, in addition to being more accurate, able to work faster than individuals who have been trained traditionally.