Linking complex problem solving and general mental ability to career advancement: Does a transversal skill reveal incremental predictive validity?

Lost in transition – Learning analytics on the transfer from knowledge acquisition to knowledge application in complex problem solving

“…The importance of CPS skills have been uncovered by previous studies in several different domains, for instance with regard to supervisory ratings of job performance of adults (Mainert, Kretzschmar, Neubert, & Greiff, 2015). In addition, previous studies have particularly focused on eliciting the underlying CPS performance indicators in students.…”

When Less Is Less: Solving Multiple Simple Problems Is Not Complex Problem Solving—A comment on Greiff et al. (2015)

“…In the introduction, evidence for the validity of classical microworlds is described as weak, yet no mention is made of the fact that except for predicting math and science school grades in some cases, there is little evidence for the validity of MCS. For example, taking job-related variables as a criterion, MicroDYN and MicroFIN did not show a significant relation to job complexity ratings, and only weak relations to “days of professional training per year” ( r = 0.14) and income (standardized coefficient = 0.14) when controlling for reasoning [22,23]. For comparison, Danner et al [6] and Kersting [15] report partial correlations of the Tailorshop and job performance ratings of r = 0.22 and r = 0.29 after controlling for reasoning.…”

“…One of these only contains an uncontrolled mean comparison of blue collar workers with high school and university students, where the cause of group differences is uncertain [41]. In the second study, no relation of MCS performance to the level of job complexity coded according to the ICSO-8 standard (ILO [42]) was found; only a small relation to days of professional training per year was found (2% variance was when controlling cognitive ability, [22]). Finally, the results of Ederer et al [23] also show only a small increment of MCS over other variables in predicting wages (1% variance explained, p. 442).…”

Complex Problem Solving: What It Is and What It Is Not

“…Numerous articles on the subject have been published in recent years, documenting the increasing research activity relating to this field. In the following collection of papers we list only those published in 2010 and later: theoretical papers (Blech and Funke, 2010; Funke, 2010; Knauff and Wolf, 2010; Leutner et al, 2012; Selten et al, 2012; Wüstenberg et al, 2012; Greiff et al, 2013b; Fischer and Neubert, 2015; Schoppek and Fischer, 2015), papers about measurement issues (Danner et al, 2011a; Greiff et al, 2012, 2015a; Alison et al, 2013; Gobert et al, 2015; Greiff and Fischer, 2013; Herde et al, 2016; Stadler et al, 2016), papers about applications (Fischer and Neubert, 2015; Ederer et al, 2016; Tremblay et al, 2017), papers about differential effects (Barth and Funke, 2010; Danner et al, 2011b; Beckmann and Goode, 2014; Greiff and Neubert, 2014; Scherer et al, 2015; Meißner et al, 2016; Wüstenberg et al, 2016), one paper about developmental effects (Frischkorn et al, 2014), one paper with a neuroscience background (Osman, 2012) 1 , papers about cultural differences (Güss and Dörner, 2011; Sonnleitner et al, 2014; Güss et al, 2015), papers about validity issues (Goode and Beckmann, 2010; Greiff et al, 2013c; Schweizer et al, 2013; Mainert et al, 2015; Funke et al, 2017; Greiff et al, 2017, 2015b; Kretzschmar et al, 2016; Kretzschmar, 2017), review papers and meta-analyses (Osman, 2010; Stadler et al, 2015), and finally books (Qudrat-Ullah, 2015; Csapó and Funke, 2017b) and book chapters (Funke, 2012; Hotaling et al, 2015; Funke and Greiff, 2017; Greiff and Funke, 2017; Csapó and Funke, 2017a; Fischer et al, 2017; Molnàr et al, 2017; Tobinski and Fritz, 2017; Viehrig et al, 2017). In addition, a new “Journal of Dynamic Decision Making” (JDDM) has been launched (Fischer et al, 2015, 2016) to give the field an open-access outlet for research and discussion.…”