Cognitive Task Analysis

This edited volume will bring together new discussion on COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS which is concerned with the extensive cognitive activity underlying even simple tasks. CTA is the extension of traditional task analysis.

Jan Maarten Schraagen, Susan F. Chipman, Valerie L. Shalin

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Part I: Introduction and History.S.F. Chipman, J.M. Schraagen, V.L. Shalin, Introduction to Cognitive Task Analysis. J. Annett, Theoretical and Pragmatic Influences on Task Analysis Methods. Part II: Cognitive Task Analysis for Individual Training, Performance Assessment, and Selection.D. DuBois, V.L. Shalin, Describing Job Expertise Using Cognitively Oriented Task Analyses (COTA). A. Schaafstal, J.M. Schraagen, Training of Troubleshooting: A Structured, Task Analytical Approach. V.J. Shute, L.A. Torreano, R.E. Willis, DNA: Providing the Blueprint for Instruction. J.M. Flach, Discovering Situated Meaning: An Ecological Approach to Task Analysis. K.J. Vicente, Work Domain Analysis and Task Analysis: A Difference That Matters. E. Hunt, S. Joslyn, A Functional Task Analysis of Time-Pressured Decision Making. Part III: Cognitive Task Analysis For Applications to the Design of Human-System Interaction.T.L. Seamster, R.E. Redding, G.L. Kaempf, A Skill-Based Cognitive Task Analysis Framework. P.J. Barnard, J. May, Towards a Theory-Based Form of Cognitive Task Analysis of Broad Scope and Applicability. K.E. Williams, An Automated Aid for Modeling Human-Computer Interaction. T.C. Ormerod, Using Task Analysis as a Primary Design Method: The SGT Approach. P. Johnson, H. Johnson, F. Hamilton, Getting the Knowledge Into HCI: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Task Knowledge Structures. W.I. Hamilton, Cognitive Task Analysis Using ATLAS. D.E. Kieras, D.E. Meyer, The Role of Cognitive Task Analysis in the Application of Predictive Models of Human Performance. C. Paris, S. Balbo, N. Ozkan, Novel Uses of Task Models: Two Case Studies. W.D. Gray, S.S. Kirschenbaum, Analyzing a Novel Expertise: An Unmarked Road. G.A. Boy, Active Design Documents as Software Agents That Mediate Participatory Design and Traceability. F. Schmalhofer, L. van Elst, Cognitive Analyses Within Increasingly Larger Organizational Contexts. S.S. Potter, E.M. Roth, D.D. Woods, W.C. Elm, Bootstrapping Multiple Converging Cognitive Task Analysis Techniques for System Design. M.A. Neerincx, H. van Doorne, M. Ruijsendaal, Attuning Computer-Supported Work to Human Knowledge and Processing Capacities in Ship Control Centers. Part IV: Cognitive Task Analysis for Teamwork Situations.W.W. Zachary, J.M. Ryder, J.H. Hicinbothom, Building Cognitive Task Analyses and Models of a Decision-Making Team in a Complex Real-Time Environment. P.J.M.D. Essens, W.M. Post, P.C. Rasker, Modeling a Command Center. J. Annett, D. Cunningham, Analyzing Command Team Skills. G. Klein, Cognitive Task Analysis of Teams. E. Blickensderfer, J.A. Cannon-Bowers, E. Salas, D.P. Baker, Analyzing Knowledge Requirements in Team Tasks. Part V: Discussion.A. Lesgold, On the Future of Cognitive Task Analysis. J.M. Schraagen, S.F. Chipman, V.J. Shute, State-of-the-Art Review of Cognitive Task Analysis Techniques.