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Download full textDean, Raymond S.; Gray, Jeffrey W. – 1985
Research has suggested that the two hemispheres of the brain serve specialized functions, with the most recent studies portraying the left hemisphere as processing information in a linear, serial, or sequential manner and the right hemisphere as processing information in a holistic, concrete, or visual mode. Although few systematic studies have…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Brain, Cerebral Dominance
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
