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An Examination of Achievement Goals in Learning: A Quasi-Quantitative Approach
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Phan, Huy P. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2012
Introduction: The achievement goals framework has been researched and used to explain and account for individuals' learning and academic achievements. Over the past three decades, progress has been made in the conceptualizations and research development of different possible theoretical models of achievement goals. Notably, in this study, we…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Cognitive Structures, Models
The Development of Cognitive Skills To Support Inquiry Learning.
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Kuhn, Deanna; Black, John; Keselman, Alla; Kaplan, Danielle – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Investigated intervention effects on mental models of multivariable causality in middle school students involved in inquiry learning. Found that inquiry learning promoted a correct mental model based on additive effects of individual features and a meta-strategic understanding of the need to control influences of other features. Also found…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning, Inquiry
The Effects of Encoding Variability, Processing Activity, and Rule-Examples Sequence on the Transfer of Conceptual Rules.
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Di Vesta, Francis J.; Peverly, Stephen T. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Using 198 college students, this study investigated the effects on performance of four variables in a concept-learning task. The variables were (1) passive and active learning; (2) contextual specificity and variability; (3) rule-examples sequences; and (4) near and far transfers as critical outcomes. Results are discussed in terms of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Teaching, Discovery Learning, Encoding (Psychology)
Using Vee and Concept Maps in Collaborative Settings: Elementary Education Majors Construct Meaning in Physical Science Courses.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Roychoudhury, Anita – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Discusses Vee mapping, a technique to assist students in categorizing the relationship between the conceptual and procedural aspects of science. Presents a study to investigate elementary education majors' (n=27) use of the Vee heuristic and concept mapping for the construction of knowledge; attitudes toward learning science in collaborative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning)