Extending sense-making models with ideas from cognition and learning theories
✍ Scribed by Pengyi Zhang; Dagobert Soergel; Judith L. Klavans; Douglas W. Oard
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 974 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-7870
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In this paper we extend existing sense‐making models by adding detail on types of conceptual change and cognitive mechanisms taken from theories of cognition and learning. Our extended model aims to offer a more complete picture of the cognitive processes of sense‐making, including the underlying cognitive mechanisms and different types of conceptual changes so that we can link observations to theory. We conducted a preliminary test of the model against think‐aloud protocols of users performing intelligence analysis tasks using a multilingual, multimedia information system. Their sense‐making processes were consistent with our iterative model of search and sense‐making loops. Most of the cognitive mechanisms derived from the literature appeared, with a prevalence of data‐driven mechanisms.