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Direct linkMcCrudden, Matthew T.; Kulikowich, Jonna M.; Lyu, Bailing; Huynh, Linh – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
In this experiment we investigated whether the presentation of domain principles within one text facilitates reading to learn from multiple exemplar texts that feature the importance of the principles. There were five texts about natural selection: a principles text, which described principles of natural selection, and four exemplar-based texts…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Processes, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension
Cromley, Jennifer G.; Ma, Shufeng; Van Boekel, Martin; Parpucu Dane, Aygul – Reading Psychology, 2020
When reading scientific text, readers must draw inferences when the author does not make relations explicit; readers also need to pick up on causal relations that the author "does" make explicit. We collected think-aloud protocols from 86 undergraduate biology students reading 7 brief, illustrated passages about the immune system. After…
Descriptors: Inferences, Protocol Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Attribution Theory
Download full textCromley, J. G.; Ma, S.; Van Boekel, M.; Dane, N. – Grantee Submission, 2020
When reading scientific text, readers must draw inferences when the author does not make relations explicit; readers also need to pick up on causal relations that the author "does" make explicit. We collected think-aloud protocols from 86 undergraduate biology students reading 7 brief, illustrated passages about the immune system. After…
Descriptors: Inferences, Protocol Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Attribution Theory
McCrudden, Matthew T.; Huynh, Linh; Lyu, Bailing; Kulikowich, Jonna M. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate bridging inferences and learning when students with low topic knowledge read multiple complementary biology texts. Using a think-aloud protocol, we assessed students' (n = 74) cognitive processes while they read one text about principles of natural selection and three texts about examples of natural…
Descriptors: Inferences, Knowledge Level, Prior Learning, Biology
Prestholdt, Tara; Fletcher, Vail – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2018
Experiential learning provides students the time and space to participate in the process of learning by engaging in real, modern situations. Via hands on activities and reflection, students are able to assimilate new experiences with previous ones, and it has been repeatedly shown to improve student learning. We assessed how ten days of…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Study Abroad, Experiential Learning, Nonmajors
Shtulman, Andrew; Calabi, Prassede – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
Recent research suggests that a major obstacle to evolution understanding is an essentialist view of the biological world. The present study investigated the effects of formal biology instruction on such misconceptions. Participants (N = 291) completed an assessment of their understanding of six aspects of evolution (variation, inheritance,…
Descriptors: Evolution, Comprehension, Barriers, World Views
