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Peer reviewedHiggins, E. Tory; Liberman, Akiva – Cognitive Psychology, 1994
Two studies involving 195 undergraduates investigated memory errors occurring when the context standard used in judging target behaviors differs from the category norm standard available when behaviors are recalled. Results support a "natural" tendency to use the current categorical meaning of a judgment to reconstruct the referent of…
Descriptors: Change, Classification, Context Effect, Decision Making
Download full textSchroeder, Lee L.
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Tests were normed on a national basis, administering the test to nationwide samples of subjects. Norms appear in the booklet, CLEP Scores: Interpretation and Use, and consist of the test score means for groups of students receiving grades of A, B, C, D, and F in the relevant course, the proportion of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Decision Making, Equivalency Tests, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedNeumann, Anna – Journal of Higher Education, 1990
A survey of experienced and new presidents in 32 various colleges revealed that making mistakes is important to learning on the job, including when and how to take action, and when not to. Presidents reported learning about working relationships, contextual differences, the human side of administrative action, and their own limitations.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, College Presidents, Decision Making
Gable, Robert A., Ed.; Hendrickson, Jo M., Ed. – 1990
This step-by-step guide to informal, classroom-based assessment of students with special needs offers a comprehensive presentation of error analysis procedures. The book deals with the following topics in 10 chapters: (1) an overview of traditional academic assessment; (2) enhancing the learning of handicapped preschoolers; (3) errors and error…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Peer reviewedTaylor, Holly A.; Jensen, Michael D.; Renshaw, Carl E. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1997
Describes two studies that assessed decision-making skills using common cognitive errors and evaluated the impact of computer-based role-playing exercises on the development of these skills. Results with high school students, undergraduates, and earth science professionals are discussed which indicate that well-designed computer-based laboratories…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
