The Effect of Self-Monitoring on Mental Effort and Problem-Solving Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe total samples might be a little low. Kindly refer to the attached article for other comments.
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Some sentences may be lengthy and may be great to proofread before resubmission.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsDear author(s),
This study is interesting in terms of investigating the effects of self-monitoring on perceived mental effort and performance during problem- solving tasks of increasing complexity.
Regarding the Method, this study used both quantitative and qualitative analyses of continuous explicit self-monitoring, cognitive load and performance.
There was randomized 65 participants in the study (experiment, n = 30 and control group n = 35). However, there was no any clues about the reliability and validity study results for the used materials. It should be placed these information in the paper.
Regarding the Results and Discussion, the findings indicate no interaction effect between the requirement for explicit and continuous self-monitoring and task complexity on perceived mental effort and performance. However, task complexity did significantly affect perceived mental effort, performance and the monitoring accuracy, but only in the experimental condition. The qualitative analyses showed that the participants in the experimental conditions engaged in self-monitoring during 21,2 % of their think aloud protocols. However, there was no any implication of the present results as based on the discussion. Therefore, it should be placed practical and theoretical implications originated from the study results.
Good luck.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThe manuscript deals with very interesting topic.
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