Domain-Specific Problem-Solving Processes: First Analyses of Computer-Based (Logfile) and Written Problem-Solving Process Data

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 1
  In Poster Session: Workplace Learning Poster Session

Abstract

The aim of the lecture is to analyze domain-specific problem-solving-processes in technical professions in germany for the first time.
Based on written-protocols of the problem-solving-process(n=318) and computer-based-log-data of the problem-solving-process(n=89), the strategies underlying the problem-solving-process are analyzed. The core research questions of the presentation are a) the extent to which strategies can be identified in the problem-solving-process can be identified, and b) which relationship exists between the problem-solving-process and the result of the problem-solving-process.
The analysis revealed three cluster solutions across the problems, which identified different types of strategies. With regard to the success of the problem-solving-process, the probability of success was high when a topographic-strategy was applied. The probability of success was low when a purely symptomatic-strategy was applied.

Author

• Felix Walker, Technical University of Kaiserslautern