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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Technology

Background:

  • Problem-solving is crucial for academic success, yet empirical data on its childhood cognitive correlates is limited.
  • Existing analog problem-solving tasks are scarce and require extensive manual coding for analysis.
  • There is a need for valid, accessible tools to assess problem-solving skills in children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate new tablet-based (digital) versions of analog technical problem-solving tasks.
  • To examine the convergent validity of these digital tasks with other cognitive abilities.
  • To establish measurement invariance between analog and digital task modalities.

Main Methods:

  • Developed digital gear construction tasks based on existing analog versions.
  • Administered analog and digital tasks to 215 children aged 6-8 years.
  • Utilized structural equation modeling to analyze correlations between task performance and other cognitive assessments (language, reasoning).

Main Results:

  • Performance on digital and analog problem-solving tasks was substantially correlated, demonstrating convergent validity.
  • Digital task performance correlated significantly with language, reasoning, and another problem-solving measure.
  • Scalar measurement invariance was confirmed across analog and digital modalities, indicating interchangeable use.

Conclusions:

  • The newly developed digital problem-solving tasks are valid and reliable measures for children.
  • Both analog and digital task versions engage similar cognitive resources and abilities.
  • The digital tasks offer benefits for data collection and application in educational settings.