Table 7 Overview of EES events, competence facets, and EES items
EES event (point of time) | Competence facet (see Fig. 1) | EES items (translated from German and condensed) |
|---|---|---|
Short email response after receipt of the task (after 3 min) | Situational confidence in one’s competence (C1) | C1_1: Sender of the task requests a first quick estimation Answer from 1 = ‘I do not know yet what to do here’ to 4 = ‘I know exactly what to do here’ |
Personal interest in the problem context/content (D1) | D1: Sender of the task asks whether tasks like this are interesting to the apprentice Answer from 1 = ‘Tasks like this are not interesting to me’ to 4 = ‘Tasks like this are very interesting to me’ | |
Phone call of sender of the task (after 10 min) | Situational confidence in one’s competence (C1) | C1_2: Sender of the tasks requests a further estimation Answer from 1 = ‘I am afraid I will not be able to cope with it, but I will do my best’ to 4 = ‘I can definitely cope with it and give my best’ |
Ambiguity/uncertainty tolerance (C2) | C2: Sender of the task asks whether the apprentice likes to work on comprehensive tasks like this Answer from 1 = ‘I do not like to work on such comprehensive tasks’ to 4 = ‘I very much like to work on such comprehensive tasks’ | |
Short visit of a colleague (after 20 min) | Maintaining positive and active emotional states (D2) | Friend enters the office asks how one is doing D2_1: from 1 = ‘not at all’ to 4 = ‘very nervous’ (−) D2_2: from 1 = ‘not at all’ to 4 = ‘very curious’ D2_3: from 1 = ‘not at all’ to 4 = ‘very irritated’ (−) D2_4: from 1 = ‘not at all’ to 4 = ‘very confident’. |
Short request from the sender of the task after receipt of the solution (after submission or after 30 min) | Situational confidence in one’s solution (C3) | C3: Sender of the task asks how confident the apprentice is about her/his solution and whether the solution has to be checked before its implementation Answer from 1 = ‘Unfortunately, I did not arrive at a solution at all’ over 2 = ‘I am afraid you should check everything in detail because I assume I made some mistakes’ to 5 = ‘I think, I found a proper solution that you do not have to check in detail, again’ |
Interest in the progress of/in learning from the problem (D3) | Participants are to check two of the following statements for his email answer. ‘Working on tasks like this, … D3_1: … I am always a bit anxious that I might not solve it.’ (distractor) D3_2: … I feel that I am accepted as a full team member’. (distractor) D3_3: … I can always learn something interesting’ D3_4: … I have the opportunity to demonstrate my skills’. (distractor) D3_5: … I am afraid to make a fool of myself if I fail’. (distractor) D3_6: … I wish someone would explain to me how to make it better afterwards’ |