Domain 3: Designership, Agency, Evidence and Public Contribution · Research direction
From Inspirational Metaphor to Testable Constructs: Measuring the Five Dimensions of Movement Thinking
Research question: Can purpose, systems reasoning, relational responsiveness, execution and adaptive recovery be measured distinctly and fairly without treating metaphorical anatomy as neuroscience?
Study approach: Sequential measurement-development study with student co-design, cognitive interviews, a development sample and an independently recruited validation sample. Use secular, voluntary prompts and performance tasks, testing construct overlap with existing measures rather than presupposing five factors. Preregister factor-model comparisons, reliability targets, measurement invariance, missing-data decisions and out-of-sample prediction of a bounded project task. Include the possibility that a simpler model fits better; prohibit diagnostic use or admissions ranking until independent validation.
Distinct contribution: Idea 100 is a broad retrospective on human potential; 2 models cognitive world models and 36 examines empathy in AI. This is a falsifiable human-measurement programme for a specific five-part philosophical framework.