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Cognitive Skills Training

The modern workplace, centered on the use of technology, increases the demand for highly specialized decision-making skills. Even in highly physical jobs, effective problem-solving is often essential.

Yet typical training methods tackle only the mechanics of job execution. That's because training and assessing cognitive skills is far more challenging, and requires an understanding of how critical thinking processes work and how they can be stimulated, evaluated, and honed.

Training for the modern world. Aptima’s Cognitive Skills Training Software is a practical solution to the challenge of teaching cognitive skills. It actually advances the students’ critical thinking processes – their ability to evaluate data, identify inconsistencies, and interpret environmental cues.

The power of science, applied to learning. Aptima has developed a comprehensive method that combines our deep knowledge of human cognition with a multimedia software learning process. We weave instruction, practical exercises, and guided self-reflection within simulated work experiences that utilize realistic tools and information. This multimedia training material (text, graphics, audio, and video) is delivered via web-based applications or standalone software programs.

We can also apply sophisticated computer modeling techniques to assess trainee responses and deliver individualized feedback and content. These features combine to form a unique computer/web-based training product that leverages the power of cognitive science to enhance human performance.

Training tailored for each customer. Aptima builds a training solution by first conducting an in-depth analysis of thinking skills and reasoning processes that drive achievement within a specific work domain. To address these competencies, we then build comprehensive training in accordance with advanced theories of multimedia instructional design.

Examples of our work include teaching “reading the sea state” skills to special operations helmsmen, the distributed training of expeditionary medical teams, and advancing the expertise of intelligence analysts.

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