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Introducing Students to Plant Geography: Polar Ordination Applied to Hanging Gardens.
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Malanson, George P.; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1993
Reports on a research study in which college students used a statistical ordination method to reveal relationships among plant community structures and physical, disturbance, and spatial variables. Concludes that polar ordination helps students understand the methodology of plant geography and encourages further student research. (CFR)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Geographic Distribution, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
The Use of Cluster Analysis in Categorization of Physics Problems.
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Veldhuis, G. Henry – Science Education, 1990
The nature of cluster analysis and dendograms, subjects, tasks, and results of this study are described. Categories for problems were based on assumptions about the methods used by novice and expert problem solvers in a physics context. (CW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Structures, College Science
Computer Simulation of a Queuing System in a Mathematical Modeling Course.
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Eyob, Ephrem – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1990
The results of a simulation model of a queuing system are reported. Use in an introductory quantitative analysis course to enhance students' computer and quantitative modeling knowledge is described. (CW)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Teaching Statistics from the User's Perspective.
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Fischer, Henry W. III – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Reports on a statistics course designed to emphasize real-world applications. The course is primarily lab-based and provides students with numerous opportunities to demonstrate mastery of their skills. The instruction is tightly focused on achievable goals and utilizes hands-on experience and computer tutorials. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Content, Data Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies
Working Memory and School Achievement in the Ninth Form.
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Lehto, Juhani – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1995
Explores the relationship between teenagers' working memory and school achievement. Experiments revealed significant correlations between the two, specifically in the field of foreign language. Includes descriptions of the experiments with accompanying statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies
The Effect of Economics Instruction on Economic Reasoning: A Comparison of Verbal, Imaginal, and Integrated Teaching-Learning Strategies.
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Laney, James D.; And Others – 1991
This study applied brain lateralization research and a model of generative teaching and learning to economic education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of verbal-only, imagery-only, and integrated (verbal-to-imaginal) strategies on fifth graders' proclivity to use economic reasoning (i.e. cost-benefit analysis) in personal…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making Skills, Economic Factors
Cross-Cultural Validation of Models of Approaches to Learning: An Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis.
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Wong, Ngai-Ying; Lin, Wen-Ying; Watkins, David – Educational Psychology, 1996
Analyzes responses to a questionnaire from 10 samples of primary and secondary school students from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Canada. The questionnaire covered learning strategies, approaches, and motivation. These data were then analyzed using six different structural equation models. Includes discussion of the models…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience