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Involuntary Autobiographical Memories: The Question of Function
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Mace, John H.; Zhu, Jian; Kruchten, Emilee A.; McNally, Kevin – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2023
Research on involuntary autobiographical memories has made significant progress over the past two decades. One question in this area concerns whether involuntary memories are functional, or merely cognitive failures. Survey methods have been used to assess the question of involuntary memory functionality, but with mixed results, with some…
Descriptors: Memory, Recall (Psychology), Autobiographies, Cognitive Processes
Review of the Leaving Certificate Biology Examination Papers (1999-2008) Using Bloom's Taxonomy--An Investigation of the Cognitive Demands of the Examination
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Cullinane, Alison; Liston, Maeve – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
It is widely recognised that high-stakes assessment can significantly influence what is taught in the classroom. Many argue that high-stakes assessment results in a narrowed curriculum where students learn by rote rather than developing higher cognitive skills. This paper describes a study investigating the various cognitive objectives present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Biology, Science Tests
Just the Facts? Introductory Undergraduate Biology Courses Focus on Low-Level Cognitive Skills
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Momsen, Jennifer L.; Long, Tammy M.; Wyse, Sara A.; Ebert-May, Diane – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Introductory biology courses are widely criticized for overemphasizing details and rote memorization of facts. Data to support such claims, however, are surprisingly scarce. We sought to determine whether this claim was evidence-based. To do so we quantified the cognitive level of learning targeted by faculty in introductory-level biology courses.…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Biology, Memorization, Introductory Courses
Choosing between Two Objects Reduces 3-Year-Olds' Errors on a Reverse-Contingency Test of Executive Function
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Carroll, Daniel J.; Apperly, Ian A.; Riggs, Kevin J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
In the present experiment, we used a reversed-contingency paradigm (the windows task: [Russell, J., Mauthner, N., Sharpe, S., & Tidswell, T. (1991). The windows task as a measure of strategic deception in preschoolers and autistic subjects. "British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9," 331-349]) to explore the effect of alterations in the task…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Inhibition, Metacognition, Thinking Skills
Who Is This Person Grace? A Reflection on Content Knowledge in Religious Education
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Rymarz, Richard M. – Religious Education, 2007
Why do adolescents and young adults lack a full and coherent understanding of a religion? This is a phenomenon of wide-ranging proportions. Using a cultural, theological, and philosophical analysis, the author argues that one important reason behind the lack of religious content knowledge is the reluctance of teachers to move beyond the…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes
Randomized Study of the Impact of Cooperative Learning: Distance Education in Public Health
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Riley, William; Anderson, Paige – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2006
The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of cooperative learning on cognitive outcomes in a public health graduate level Web-based distance education course. Specifically, the authors use a randomized control trial to determine the impact of two teaching pedagogies on learning effectiveness in three areas of the cognitive domain: (1)…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Public Health, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods