問題解決におけるワーキングメモリの記憶負荷と外化の検討

Externalizations and the Load on Working Memory in Problem Solving

Otsuka Kazunori

Miyatani Makoto

広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要. 第三部, 教育人間科学関連領域

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University. Part 3, Education and human science

Effects and the content of externalization during problem solving tasks causing different loads on working memory were investigated. Junior college student participants (N = 26) played five three-dimensional versions of number guessing games that directly used working memory resources, either with or without the possibility of using external resources such as papers and pencils. Results indicated that the load of the games on working memory affected the performance of participants. However, there were no differences in performance between participants who did or did not use external resources. Externalization contents that participants wrote on paper were also analyzed. The results indicated that participants tended to externalize all game records compared with parts of these or others, suggesting that game performance was not facilitated by externalization. Results also suggest that game records that were used for distributing working memory resources over external and internal representations have an important role in problem solving tasks.

problem solving

externalization

working memory

memory load

問題解決

外化

ワーキングメモリ

記憶負荷

Psychology [ 140 ]

jpn

広島大学大学院教育学研究科

[ISSN] 1346-5562

[NCID] AA11625039