Friday, June 29
10:45 AM-11:15 AM
CEST
De Dam 1

Best of The Nehterlands: Personalized training by profiling learners to enhance cognitive flexibility

Full Paper: Research ID: 52944
  1. Yelim Mun
    University of Twente
  2. L.M.J. (Liselotte) M.J. Eikenhout
    University of Twente
  3. Karel van den Bosch
    TNO
  4. Esther Oprins
    TNO
  5. Jan Maarten Schraagen
    University of Twente; TNO

Abstract: People need to be cognitively flexible in order to be successful in the dynamic, ever changing society of today. Previous studies found that a carefully designed training program can help people to think and act in a more cognitively flexible fashion, leading to a better performance. This finding asks for more research into the instructional strategies that helps learners to utilize their cognitive flexibility. This paper presents a study investigating whether personalized instruction is more helpful than a standardized instruction. A pattern analysis was conducted on participants’ data from our previous training study. Three categories of learners were found: those having difficulty to detect that flexibility is needed; those who found it difficult to decide upon a flexible response; and proficient adapters. These categories were used to specify learner profiles with associated instructional strategies. A study is proposed to investigate the importance of personalizing learning. Implications, challenges and future directions are discussed.

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