ABSTRACT
Those who came before us were more aware of the key issues and arguments than we might give them credit for. Indeed, many modern researchers have reinvented the wheel and given it new names, often believing their work is distinct or special. In fact, Fernberger (1937) acknowledged that sporadic amnesia is inevitable:
One goal of this book is to draw connections from past approaches to current methods, tracing the historical roots of modern Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA), tracing the pendulum swings, the divergences and convergences. We hope that for a next generation this will reduce the need to reinvent the wheel and encourage eἀorts to improve on the wheels we already have.
