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Peer reviewedJohnson, David E. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Presents a technique for introducing analysis of variance (ANOVA) at the concrete level of operational thought, enabling students in introductory statistics courses to understand the complex correlations and interactions between variables. Helps students develop an intuitive understanding of the concepts of between- and within-groups variance and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Higher Education, Intuition, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedWatts, Walter J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1985
To assess Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment Device's (LPAD) ability to identify deficient cognitive functions, Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices were administered to 176 elementary/junior high students--25 percent were rescored--and 12 complete LPAD reports from a university educational clinic were reanalyzed. Correlations were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAlbers, Willem – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1990
Contrasted are engineering statistics with statistics for students of mathematics and social science. Topics considered are level of abstraction, amount of technical detail, and choice of subject. The nature of exercises suitable for various courses is described. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Engineering, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedThorpe, Karen J.; Satterly, David J. H. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1990
Presents a study of metacognitive responses of English school children examining four common metacognitive function measures. Discusses the content of each measure, the search for developmental commonality, and statistical relationships. Concludes that no evidence supported a common metacognitive factor or unified construct, although a common…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAnderson, Mark B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Recommends using examples from sports and exercise pathology in the undergraduate psychology curriculum. Sports and exercise issues enjoy popularity among many undergraduates and contain many examples applicable to general psychology courses and psychological research. Discusses sports and exercise topics illustrating concepts from developmental…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Developmental Psychology
Zeitoun, Hassan Hussein – 1988
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the achievement of some abstract concepts in "molecular genetics" and prior knowledge, formal reasoning ability, and sex. The major findings of the study were: (1) prior knowledge had a high significant correlation with the achievement of abstract concepts; (2) the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedCrisman, Francis; Mackey, James – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Twenty-five eleventh grade classes were taught two social studies concepts, sovereignty and comparative advantage, using written or oral methods. Methods differed in their use and sequence of examples to explicate definitions. Finds using examples increased concept attainment. Suggests sequence was important for the more complex, relational…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
