Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills for Army Leaders Using Blended-Learning Methods

by Susan G. Straus, Sarah H. Bana, Maria C. Lytell, et al.

The U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School offers its Advanced Operations Course (AOC) for junior field-grade officers using both traditional resident instruction and a model referred to as blended distributed learning (BDL). This report assesses the effectiveness of AOC-BDL based on student and graduate surveys and identifies best practices for BDL from empirical research and case studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833079093
• ISBN13: 9780833079091
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"