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Developing cognitive task analysis and the importance of sociocognitive competence/insight for professional practice

Gore, Julie and Banks, A. and McDowall, Almuth (2018) Developing cognitive task analysis and the importance of sociocognitive competence/insight for professional practice. Cognition, Technology & Work 20 (4), pp. 555-563. ISSN 1435-5558.

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Abstract

Accelerating the cognitive expertise of professionals is a critical challenge for many organizations. This paper reports a collaborative, longitudinal, academic practitioner project which aimed to elicit, document, and accelerate the cognitiveexpertise of engineering professionals working with the manufacture and management of petroleum additives. Twenty-five engineering experts were trained by three academic psychologists to use applied cognitive task analysis (ACTA) interview techniques to document the cognition of their expert peers. Results had high face validity for practitioners who elicited hot/sensory-based cognition, a number of perceptual skills and mental models, highlighting undocumented context specific expertise. We conclude from a peer review of findings, combined with experienced CTA analysts that ACTA techniques can be advanced in context by the explicit recognition and development of socio-cognitive competence/insight.

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Item Type: Article
Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Cognitive task analysis, Socio-cognitive insight, Training
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School
Research Centres and Institutes: Accounting and Finance Research Centre
Depositing User: Julie Gore
Date Deposited: 05 Sep 2023 14:18
Last Modified: 06 Sep 2023 14:21
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/47804

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