A Cognitively-Oriented Approach to Task Analysis and Test Development.

Abstract

Clear descriptions of job expertise are required to support applications and improvements in personnel training and job performance. This report describes a practical approach to task analysis which integrates the issues, content, and methods of cognitive science and personnel psychology. Cognitively-oriented task analysis employs a breadth then depth strategy for identifying job expertise. Starting with a task by knowledge framework, job expertise is successively elaborated using interviews, expert ratings, and protocol analyses. The application of task analysis results to the development of written performance measures are described to illustrate the contributions of this approach to measurement validity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA308838

Entities

People

  • David A. Dubois
  • Keith R. Levi
  • Valerie L. Shalin
  • Walter C. Borman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cooperation
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design