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Lohman, David F. – 1984
Although the distinction between verbal ability and spatial ability is fundamental in all models of human abilities, differences in the relative strengths of verbal and spatial abilities have failed to show consistent interactions with instructional treatments. This study investigated the hypothesis that spatial tests measure different abilities…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Confidence Testing, Higher Education, Memorization
Download full textLavoie, Derrick R. – 1989
This study examined the science process skill of prediction problem solving using naturalistic research methodology and information-processing theory. The think-aloud interview led to the identification of several specific program exploration and prediction behaviors. A total of 14 high school biology students made predictions concerning the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Simulation, High Schools, Learning Processes
Mathison, Carla; Allen, Brockenbrough S. – 1987
The hypothesis for this study assumed that subjects who received a diagram representing the structural relationships of a story would be more likely to solve a new and analogous problem than subjects who received two analogs without a diagram. The 151 graduate students who acted as subjects were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: one or…
Descriptors: Analogy, Cognitive Mapping, Comparative Analysis, Diagrams
Peer reviewedPressley, 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
Lewis, Scott; Becker, Joseph – 1991
Previous research has cast doubt on children's ability to use specified evidence when making causal inferences, or, indeed, to differentiate between the specified evidence and their own preconceptions, or "prior theories." The present study continues previous work by distinguishing between children's reasoning in conditions where…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking
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
