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Kyttala, Minna – Educational Psychology, 2008
The first purpose of this study was to investigate whether the visuospatial working memory (VSWM) skills of 15-16-year-old pupils with difficulties in mathematics differ from those of their normally achieving peers. The goal was to broaden the view of the complex system of VSWM. A set of passive and active VSWM tasks was used. The study's second…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Memory
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Schaal, Stefen; Bogner, Franz X. – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
This study compares two methods of instruction in practical school biology. The content remains the same but two teaching methods are used, one based on workstations (Group 1) and the other a conventional approach (Group 2). The content was a regular 9th grade syllabus issue: visual perception. Method 1 included a phenomenological introduction,…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Student Attitudes, Workstations, Hands on Science