Individual and Team Skill Decay
Skill and knowledge retention is a major issue and concern in learning and skill
acquisition, especially when trained or acquired skills (or knowledge) are needed after
long periods of nonuse. The goal of this book is to summarize and advance the thinking of
critical issues related to skill retention and decay in the context of individual and team
training on complex tasks. This volume will be of interest to researchers and
practitioners in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology, human factors,
organizational behavior, and human resources management.
This edited book is a 'must have volume' for those interested in skill decay and
interventions to reduce it. Skill decay results in performance decrements on delay
retention and transfer tasks. The focus of the book on individual and team skill decay in
complex domains is unique and valuable . The excellent chapters in the book offer both
breadth and depth on the subject of skill decay and ways to reduce it. --Harold F ONeil,
Professor of Educational Psychology and Technology, Rossier School of Education/CRESST,
University of Southern California
Section 1: Introduction and Foundational Issues 1. Introduction Winfred Arthur, Jr.,
Eric Anthony Day 2. Remembering and forgetting: From the laboratory looking out Scott D.
Gronlund, Daniel R. Kimball 3. Complex command-and-control simulation task performance
following periods of nonuse Anton J. Villado, Eric Anthony Day, Winfred Arthur, Jr., Paul
R. Boatman, Vanessa Kowollik, Alok Bhupatkar, Winston Bennett, Jr. 4. Factors influencing
knowledge and skill decay in organizational training: A meta-analysis Xiaoqian Wang, Eric
Anthony Day, Vanessa Kowollik, Matthew J. Schuelke, Michael G. Hughes 5. Variance as an
indicator of training effectiveness in the context of complex skill acquisition,
retention, and transfer Ira Schurig, Winfred Arthur, Jr., Eric Anthony Day, David J. Woehr
Section 2: Individual Skill Retention and Transfer on Complex Task with Extended nonuse
Intervals, the Factors that Influence it, and how Skill Decay can be Mitigated 6.
Improving military readiness: Evaluation and prediction of performance to optimize
training effectiveness Tiffany S. Jastrzembski, Antoinette M. Portrey, Brian T. Schreiber,
Kevin A. Gluck 7. Training for efficient, durable, and flexible performance in the
military Alice F. Healy, Erica L. Wohldmann, James A. Kole, Vivian I. Schneider, Kathleen
M. Shea, Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. 8. Complex movement sequences: How the sequence structure
affects learning and transfer Charles H. Shea, Attila J. Kovacs 9. Use of, reaction to,
and efficacy of observation rehearsal training: Enhancing skill retention on a complex
command-and-control simulation task Anton J. Villado, Eric Anthony Day, Winfred Arthur,
Jr., Paul R. Boatman, Vanessa Kowollik, Alok Bhupatkar, Winston Bennett, Jr. 10. Skill
decay, re-acquisition training and transfer studies in the Swedish Air Force: A
retrospective review Erland Svensson, Maud Angelborg-Thanderz, Jonathan Borgvall, Martin
Castor 11. Relating individual differences in ability, personality, and motivation to the
retention and transfer of skill on a complex command-and-control simulation task Eric
Anthony Day, Winfred Arthur, Jr., Anton J. Villado, Paul R. Boatman, Vanessa Kowollik,
Alok Bhupatkar, Winston Bennett, Jr. 12. Individual difference variables as predictors of
error during multitasking training Elizabeth M. Poposki, Frederick L. Oswald
Section 3: Skill Decay and Retention at the Team Level 13. A comparative investigation
of individual and team skill retention and transfer on a complex command-and-control
simulation task Winfred Arthur, Jr., Eric Anthony Day, Anton J. Villado, Ryan M. Glaze,
Matthew J. Schuelke, Paul R. Boatman, Vanessa Kowollik, Xiaoqian Wang, Winston Bennett,
Jr. 14. Retention of team coordination skill Nancy J. Cooke, Jamie C. Gorman, Jasmine
Duran, Christopher Myers, Dee Andrews 15. Team performance decay: Why does it happen and
how to avoid it? Deborah DiazGranados, Elizabeth Lazzara, Rebecca Lyons, Samuel R. Wooten,
Eduardo Salas Section 4: Summary 16. A Look aFarr (1987): The Past, Present, and Future of
Applied Skill Decay Research Winfred Arthur, Jr., Eric Anthony Day
464 pages, Paperback