HPE
|
• Founded in 1986
• Spinoff of research program on human learning
• Dedicated to application of SACAT
• Contact Us
|
Benefits of SACAT
|
• 25% faster learning
• Performance of tasks improved through self-assessment
• Trainees study more
• Facilitates detection of misinformation
|
Applications of SACAT
|
• Educational institutions
• Vocational schools
• Industrial training facilities
• Military training centers
• On the job training and performance evaluation
• Applicant screening
• Certification and licensing organizations
|
|
Human Performance Enhancement, Inc. (HPE) was founded in April, 1986. It is a commercial spinoff of a basic research program on human learning, specifically the study of the ability of people to assess their own knowledge. The major financial sponsor of the research program was the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. The Swedish Institute, New Mexico State University and Stockholm University have also supported the theoretical development.
The research findings that led to establishing HPE at that time were:
|
Some tasks may be learned 25% faster if the trainee is required to assess the correctness of each answer
|
|
|
The speed and confidence of actions is importantly related to these self assessments
|
|
|
Trainees may study more in preparation for self assessment testing and training situations
|
|
|
Self assessment facilitates the detection of misinformation (sure-but-wrong answers). Early detection of misinformation allows human errors in performance in the workplace and elsewhere to be reduced or prevented
|
Since then a number of other benefits of self assessment have emerged from research and from recognizing application potentials. HPE is dedicated to the application of these findings, and to assisting instructors in the application of SACAT to enhance learning.
|
|
"Malinformation is more hopeless than noninformation; for error is always more busy than ignorance."
- Charles Caleb Colton
(1780-1832)
|
|
Human Performance Enhancement, Inc.