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Dobrin, Alexander Viktorovich; Shcherbatykh, Sergey Victorovich – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
This study aims to study the control of interference and self-control in students with different levels of probabilistic thinking style (PTS). The study covered 90 students (average age 20 ± 3.03 years). The sample subjects were formed through the approximate modeling method. The experimental group covered students from the 1st to the 4th year. At…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Undergraduate Students, Late Adolescents, Cognitive Style
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Dentakos, Stella; Saoud, Wafa; Ackerman, Rakefet; Toplak, Maggie E. – Metacognition and Learning, 2019
Confidence and its accuracy have been most commonly examined in domains such as general knowledge and learning, with less study of other domains, such as applied knowledge and problem solving. Monitoring accuracy in real-world competencies may depend on characteristics of the domain. In this study, we examined whether monitoring accuracy, both…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Epistemology, Probability, Computation
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Swanson, H. Lee; Olide, Andres F.; Kong, Jennifer E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
This study investigated whether a latent class of children with math difficulties (MD) or math learning disabilities (MLD) emerged within a heterogeneous sample of learners. A latent class analysis was computed on children (N = 447) in Grade 3 who were administered a battery of math, reading, and cognitive measures. The analysis yielded four…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Low Achievement
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De Smedt, Bert; Taylor, Jessica; Archibald, Lisa; Ansari, Daniel – Developmental Science, 2010
While there is evidence for an association between the development of reading and arithmetic, the precise locus of this relationship remains to be determined. Findings from cognitive neuroscience research that point to shared neural correlates for phonological processing and arithmetic as well as recent behavioral evidence led to the present…
Descriptors: Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Short Term Memory, Reading Ability
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Hoffman, Bobby; Schraw, Gregory – Educational Psychologist, 2010
The purpose of this article is to clarify conceptions, definitions, and applications of learning and problem-solving efficiency. Conceptions of efficiency vary within the field of educational psychology, and there is little consensus as to how to define, measure, and interpret the efficiency construct. We compare three diverse models that differ…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Efficiency, Problem Solving, Models