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Support for creating introspective reports detailing cooperative behaviors with concept maps

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Metacognition related to team cooperation, which refers to an individual’s thought processes dealing with a group’s mindset regarding teamwork, is a possible cognitive mechanism behind an individual’s behaviors as part of that team/group. Our past studies have implied that expanding the metacognitive range during cooperation via appropriate instructions enhances team performance. However, one limitation of past work was allowing participants to provide self-report descriptions when reflecting on their cooperation. The current study developed methods for creating introspective reports on cooperative behavior using concept maps. Three forms of introspective reports on cooperative behavior were developed and applied to a team experiment. Characteristics of the three forms were analyzed; an improved version of a form was developed and verified. Subsequently, in order to develop more efficient and usable forms, participants’ concept maps were qualitatively analyzed. Finally, forms with a concept label, “Partner,” were developed and verified. The results suggested that they can increase descriptions about cooperation and enable participants to be aware of partners’ contributions in order to improve team performance.

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    Present address: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan

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  1. Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory, Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Kohei Nonose, Ayaka Okukubo, Yuki Yoda, Taro Kanno & Kazuo Furuta

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Nonose, K., Okukubo, A., Yoda, Y. et al. Support for creating introspective reports detailing cooperative behaviors with concept maps. Cogn Tech Work 18, 71–88 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-015-0347-x

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