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Reder, Lynne M. – 1985
There are two dominant approaches to understanding human memory, one in the tradition of Ebbinghaus, the other in the tradition of Bartlett. The former approach views learning as the formation of associations, while the latter views memory as the process of reconstruction of fragments based on prior knowledge. These positions are often considered…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Restructuring, Educational Research, Learning

Trumper, Ricardo – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Experiences with an instructional strategy which enabled students to build for themselves the appropriate scientific concept for energy are described. This was done by pupil/teacher dialogue in small groups, in which students were expected to create for themselves a "generalization mechanism" based on their own frameworks. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries

Carr, Sonya C.; Thompson, Bruce – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
This study, with 48 students (including 16 eighth graders with learning disabilities (LD), 16 age level peers, and 16 reading level peers), found that all groups, but especially LD students, benefited from experimenter activation of prior knowledge on reading comprehension tasks testing inferential reading ability. Experimenter activation of prior…
Descriptors: Inferences, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level
BouJaoude, Saouma B. – 1990
The purpose of this study was to: (1) investigate the relationship between the learning approaches of high school students, their prior knowledge, and their attitudes toward chemistry, and their performance on a misconceptions test; and (2) describe and analyze the differences between the responses of students of different learning approaches on…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, Chemistry, Concept Formation
Smith, Lynn C.; And Others – 1983
A study examined students' ability to comprehend consistent or inconsistent text when activating relevant or irrelevant background knowledge. Fifty-five grade six students reading at or above grade level were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: activated/consistent, nonactivated/consistent, activated/inconsistent, and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies

Pressley, Michael; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Ten- to thirteen-year-old children selected either the objectively more effective keyword method or the naturalistic context method for learning vocabulary meanings. Concludes that, even in the absence of explicit performance feedback, children can be induced to reflect on their use of strategies and their outcomes on subsequent cognitive actions.…
Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education

Moran, Aidan – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Explores how research in learning styles can benefit from findings in cognitive psychology. Discusses difficulties of research on learning styles and two relevant findings in cognitive research: the influence of prior knowledge on learning and the potential value to learners of metacognitive awareness. Urges rigorous conceptual and empirical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Hegarty-Hazel, Elizabeth – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Studies of the relationship between students' propositional knowledge (as measured by concept mapping tasks) and their study strategies (as measured by self-report questionnaires) for electricity in first-year university courses are described. The effect of propositional knowledge and prior knowledge on both conceptual knowledge and study…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Context Effect, Electricity, Foreign Countries
de Klerk, Len F. W. – 1987
This paper reviews several studies on aptitude treatment interaction, the interaction between the learners' individual differences and methods of instruction. Specifically, it investigates the relationship between previous knowledge, including previously held misconceptions, and instructional methods. It is suggested that significant interactions…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Ornstein, Peter A.; Naus, Mary J. – 1984
A dominant theme in cognitive psychology is that prior knowledge in long-term memory has a strong influence on an individual's cognitive processing. Citing numerous memory studies with children, knowledge base effects are presented as part of a broader picture of memory development. Using the sort/recall procedure (asking subjects to group sets of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Developmental Stages
Heller, Patricia; Finley, Fred – 1989
In order to investigate the nature of students' prior knowledge of current electricity and how they applied their knowledge to different problems, 5 middle school science teachers and 11 elementary school teachers were given a written test that required them to: (1) predict what happens to the brightness of a bulb if a change is made to the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Electric Circuits, Electrical Systems, Electricity
Fleming, Malcolm – 1984
In a framework of cognitive theory, an exploratory study examined eye movements of learners studying print materials combining text and illustrations. Eye movement patterns were used as indicators of the cognitive strategies employed. Both design and learner variables were emphasized. Twenty-four graduate education students were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Attention, Difficulty Level, Epistemology, Eye Movements
Singer, Harry, Ed.; Bean, Tom, Ed. – 1983
Intended for elementary and secondary school teachers, supervisors, curriculum specialists, and researchers, this report presents the proceedings of an institute on the Learning from Text Project sponsored by the University of California and the California State University systems. After an introduction by institute chairperson Deborah Hancock,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Graphic Organizers, Heuristics

Hegarty-Hazel, Elizabeth; Prosser, Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Reports on the relationship between students' propositional knowledge, measured by concept mapping tasks, and their study strategies, measured by self-report questionnaires, as it relates to the concept of photosynthesis as presented in a first-year biology course. Results indicate that involved, purposeful study strategies, prompted by relevant…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Concept Mapping, Context Effect
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of metacognitive comprehension monitoring strategies on fourth grade students' reading comprehension and recall performance; (2) elementary school…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
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