Home alone: Complex problem solving performance benefits from individual online assessment

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Highlights:

• Complex problem solving performance was assessed in two computer-based settings.

• Settings differed in terms of location, presence of others, and schedule.

• Individual online performance was slightly better than laboratory group performance.

• Differences in time on task cannot explain performance differences.

• Differences in exploration time cannot explain performance differences.

摘要

•Complex problem solving performance was assessed in two computer-based settings.•Settings differed in terms of location, presence of others, and schedule.•Individual online performance was slightly better than laboratory group performance.•Differences in time on task cannot explain performance differences.•Differences in exploration time cannot explain performance differences.

论文关键词:Complex problem solving,Computer-based assessment,Individual administration,Group testing,Online testing

论文评审过程:Received 21 December 2015, Revised 23 November 2016, Accepted 28 November 2016, Available online 10 December 2016, Version of Record 10 December 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.054