What you train is what you get? Task requirements and training methods in complex problem-solving

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-308

  Kluge, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive task analysis; Complex problem solving; Guided exploration; Problem difficulty; Structure diagram; Training methods; Training needs analysis

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM; TRAINING METHODS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 38149134523     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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