ERIC Number: EJ1292642
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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Managing the Cognitive Loads Associated with Judgment and Decision-Making in a Group of Adventure Sports Coaches: A Mixed-Method Investigation
Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, v21 n1 p1-16 2021
This paper expands work on professional judgment and decision-making and examines the coping strategies used by adventure sports professionals to manage the cognitive loads of decision-making. A mixed methodology was employed in which a sample of participants completed a Pro Active Coping Inventory and a sub-group then completed an Applied Cognitive Task Analysis of atypical coaching scenario. The study determines that the participants manage their cognitive load utilising a range of heuristics, avoidance strategies and instrumental support that. This includes their communities of practice, anticipation of acute cognitive loads and the development of adaptable plans based on anticipated environmental conditions and client abilities. That plan is modified in response to the actual conditions and client abilities as observed. These strategies reduce the depletion of the coaches' own cognitive resources by managing the demands. We conclude that the professionals are aware of their cognitive resources and manage its expenditure.
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Evaluative Thinking, Decision Making, Stress Variables, Coping, Communities of Practice, Gender Differences, Athletic Coaches, Adventure Education, Performance Factors, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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