Training individuals for distributed teams: problem solving assessment for distributed mission research

    Authors

    S. M. Fiore; H. M. Cuevas; S. Scielzo;E. Salas

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Comput. Hum. Behav.

    Keywords

    problem solving; knowledge structures; mental models; metacognition; card sorts; distributed teams; synthetic task environments; METACOGNITION; PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Psychology, Experimental

    Abstract

    In this paper we describe an effort investigating the feasibility and utility of cognitively diagnostic assessment of problem solving when training for distributed team tasks. We utilized computer-based knowledge elicitation methods to assess both relational problem solving, requiring the semantic integration of concepts, and dynamic problem solving, requiring the ability to integrate and apply these concepts. Additionally, we addressed how metacognitive processes interact with learning outcomes when training for complex synthetic task environments. We find first, that multiple methods of assessing problem solving performance are diagnostic of knowledge acquisition for a complex synthetic team task, and second, that general metacomprehension predisposition is related to metacomprehension accuracy in synthetic task environments. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Computers in Human Behavior

    Volume

    18

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2002

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    729

    Last Page

    744

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000178646600010

    ISSN

    0747-5632

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