SCRIPTKELL A tool for measuring cognitive effort and time processing in writing and other complex cognitive activities外文文献论文.pdfVIP

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, Computers 1999, 31 (1), 113-121 Other Articles SCRIPTKELL: A tool for measuring cognitive effort and time processing in writing and other complex cognitive activities ANNIE PIOLAT, THIERRY OLIVE, JEAN-YVES ROUSSEY, OLIVIER THUNIN, and JOHANNES C. ZIEGLER Centre PsyCLE and Université de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France We present SCRIPTKELL, a computer-assisted experimental tool that makes it possible to measure the time and cognitive effort allocated to the subprocesses of writing and other cognitive activities, SCRIPTKELL was designed to easily use and modulate Kelloggs (1986) triple-task procedure,.which consists of a combination of three tasks: a writing task (or another task), a reaction time task (audi- tory signal detection), and a directed retrospection task (after each signal detection during writing). We demonstrate how this tool can be used to address several novel empirical and theoretical issues. In sum, SCRIPTKELL should facilitate the flexible realization of experimental designs and the investiga- tion of critical issues concerning the functional characteristics of complex cognitive activities. To capture on-line covert processes involved in reading, bining verbal and think-aloud protocols to better under- writing, learning, problem solving, reasoning, and deci- stand the time course and effort of writing processes it- sion making, investigators often use concurrent thinking- self (p, 222). In addition, their methodology allows re- aloud protocols and/or retrospective reports (e.g., Eric