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Cognitive Task Complexity and Written Output in Italian and French as a Foreign Language
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Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2008
This paper reports on a study on the relationship between cognitive task complexity and linguistic performance in L2 writing. In the study, two models proposed to explain the influence of cognitive task complexity on linguistic performance in L2 are tested and compared: Skehan and Foster's Limited Attentional Capacity Model (Skehan, 1998; Skehan…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level
Analysis of Solving Problems.
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Meijer, Joost; Riemersma, Fre – Instructional Science, 1986
Presents thinking-aloud protocols from secondary pupils solving arithmetic story and geometrical problems and analyzes their protocols by using interpretation models founded on a general problem-solving model. A word problem solving simulation is also used to further explicate processes pupils use to solve mathematical tasks. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Simulation, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
Identification of Child Pedestrian Training Objectives: The Role of Task Analysis and Empirical Research.
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van der Molen, Hugo H. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1984
Describes a study designed to demonstrate that child pedestrian training objectives may be identified systematically through various task analysis methods, making use of different types of empirical information. Early approaches to analysis of pedestrian tasks are reviewed, and an outline of the Traffic Research Centre's pedestrian task analysis…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews