Mitigating Skill Decay in Military Instruction and Enemy Analysis via GIFT

This paper will review the collaborative effort of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the Department of Military Instruction (DMI) at the United States Military Academy (USMA) to develop and execute a pedagogical pathway to validate the efficacy of mitigating skill decay in the content area of enemy analysis by way of the Generalized Intelligent Framework for Tutoring (GIFT). An identified area of concern in educating USMA cadets in the area of military preparedness, mitigating skill decay in military instruction from year to year is a necessary, yet time consuming task that is susceptible to inconsistent reinforcement. This paper will provide an overview on the progress of developing an empirically validated course that can be used to offset skill decay while supplementing DMI with reusable and consistent content, with the flexibility to provide adaptable content and assessments that is unique to the GIFT platform.