Table 1 Interpretation framework to capture meta-level thinking processes
Framework concepts | Contents | Operation reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | Base-level thinking representation ontology | Output concepts of base-level thinking activities | Ontology that specifies the output concepts of base-level thinking activities in a target thinking task (“Output concepts of base-level thinking activities” section) | (A), (B), (C), (E) |
(2) | Concepts of thinking representation objects | Ontology that specifies thinking representation objects as parts for thought externalization (“Concepts of representation objects for thought externalization” section) | (B), (C), (E) | |
(3) | Notation to specify interpretation rules | Notation for interpreting captured base-level and meta-level thinking from a series of gaze behaviors and thought operation actions (“Notation for interpretation rule definition” section) | (C), (E) | |
Phase | Stakeholders | Work | Contents | |
(A) | Design | Analyst | Realize (1) | Add thinking-task-specific output concepts by extending an ontology of (1). |
(B) | Development | Analyst and developer | Map and realize (1) → (2) | Define correspondence among the base-level thinking concepts specified in (A) and the representation objects for thought externalization, and develop a thinking externalization application on the basis of it (“Eye-Sizhi” section) |
(C) | Developer | Realize (3) on basis of (1) and (2) | Define interpretations of gaze behaviors and thought operation actions measured by thinking externalization application of (B) as instances of interpretation representation classes, and develop a thinking analysis support system to capture semi-metacognitive monitoring and control activities (“Thinking analysis support system” section) | |
(D) | Measurement | Thinker | – | Using thinking externalization application of (B), perform thinking task (gaze behaviors and thought operation actions are measured.) (“Target data” section) |
(E) | Analysis | Analyst | Apply (3) | Using the thought analysis support system of (C), specify interpretation rules of gaze behaviors and thought operation actions measured in (D), and analyze the results (“Applied results of interpretation rules” section) |