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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Educational Assessment
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Information overload necessitates effective information reduction skills for daily functioning.
  • Existing assessments for information reduction lack ecological validity or are too complex.
  • Measuring information reduction in complex problem-solving scenarios remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel assessment tool, the Little Monster Clinic (LMC), for measuring information reduction.
  • To capture the information reduction process within complex problem-solving scenarios.
  • To address the limitations of existing assessment tools in terms of complexity and ecological validity.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the Little Monster Clinic (LMC), a simulation tool based on the complex problem-solving (CPS) framework.
  • Recruited 303 students to validate the LMC tool.
  • Employed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess structural validity and correlated LMC scores with the Genetics Lab assessment for criterion-related validity.

Main Results:

  • Identified six key indicators of information reduction with high internal consistency (α = 0.83).
  • Confirmatory factor analysis supported a one-factor model for information reduction.
  • Demonstrated criterion-related validity through a significant correlation with the Genetics Lab assessment (r = 0.43, p < 0.01).
  • Exploratory analysis underscored the significance of identifying relevant information.

Conclusions:

  • The Little Monster Clinic (LMC) is a valid and reliable tool for assessing information reduction in complex scenarios.
  • The findings support the theoretical underpinnings and practical utility of the LMC for evaluating information reduction abilities.
  • The study highlights the importance of identifying key information during the information reduction process.