RTD: Enhancing understanding of participants’ thinking about technology using Personal Construct Theory

• In Event: Roundtables Wed2
  In Roundtable Session: RTD - Roundtables Wed2

Short Description

Personal Construct Theory (PCT) is often used in psychology to enlighten psychologists/researchers understanding of people’s thinking. One benefit of PCT is that element descriptions and their constructs are created by the participants, not researchers, creating participant-driven data. This methodology can be successfully used to showcase how participants view technology and its features. Examples will be provided demonstrating how PCT was used in technology-related research, including examples relating to free online measurement and geometry tools.

Authors

• Terri L. Kurz, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

• Robert C. Kleinsasser, Arizona State University

• Ivana Batarelo Kokic, University of Split, Croatia