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Download full textRatcliff, James L.; And Others – 1991
This report presents the findings of the application of the Differential Coursework Patterns (DCP) cluster analytic model to the tests and transcripts of a combined sample of 1987-88 and 1988-89 graduating seniors at Evergreen State College (Washington). The project found that enrollment in different patterns of programs was consistently…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, College Outcomes Assessment, College Seniors, Curriculum Research
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 reviewedMason, Lucia; Sorzio, Paolo – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1996
Presents the results of an experiment that evaluated the efficiency of analogy in the conceptual restructuring of a science topic. The experiment involved a fifth-grade class studying water and heat flow. Discovered that analogy can act as an effective trigger for restructuring knowledge. (MJP)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring
