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Carolyn A. Denton; Mischa Enos; Mary J. York; David J. Francis; Marcia A. Barnes; Paulina A. Kulesz; Jack M. Fletcher; Suzanne Carter – Grantee Submission, 2015
Based on the analysis of 620 think-aloud verbal protocols from students in grades 7, 9, and 11, we examined students' conscious engagement in inference generation, paraphrasing, verbatim text repetition, and monitoring while reading narrative or informational texts that were either at or above the students' current reading levels. Students were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Reading Aloud to Others, Secondary School Students
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Carolyn A. Denton; Mischa Enos; Mary J. York; David J. Francis; Marcia A. Barnes; Paulina A. Kulesz; Jack M. Fletcher; Suzanne Carter – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
Based on the analysis of 620 think-aloud verbal protocols from students in grades 7, 9, and 11, we examined students' conscious engagement in inference generation, paraphrasing, verbatim text repetition, and monitoring while reading narrative or informational texts that were either at or above the students' current reading levels. Students were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Reading Aloud to Others, Secondary School Students
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Zumbach, Joerg; Schrangl, Gerhard; Mortensen, Chad; Moser, Stephanie – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Considering xenophobic attacks against foreigners and ethnic or religious motivated wars, there is a need for educational concepts to extinguish xenophobia. A model describing the cognitive processes involved in Xenophobic cognition was developed. Instructional multimedia material that discussed various forms of alienation was developed and…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Multimedia Materials, Instructional Material Evaluation, Stranger Reactions
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Wu, Ying-Tien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science Education, 2011
Learners' ability in dealing with socio-scientific issues has been highlighted in contemporary science education. This study explored the effects of different on-line searching activities on high school students' cognitive structure outcomes and informal reasoning outcomes. By using a quasi-experimental research approach, thirty-three students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Nuclear Energy, Information Processing, High School Students
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Oakland, Thomas; Callueng, Carmelo; Harris, Josette G. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012
The use of individually administered measures of intelligence and other cognitive abilities requires clinicians to monitor a client's test behaviors, given the need for a client to be engaged fully, attentive, and cooperative during the testing process. The use of standardized and norm-referenced measures of test-taking behaviors facilitates this…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Student Behavior, Children, Intelligence Quotient
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Stamovlasis, Dimitrios; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Science Education, 2012
In this study, we test an information-processing model (IPM) of problem solving in science education, namely the working memory overload model, by applying catastrophe theory. Changes in students' achievement were modeled as discontinuities within a cusp catastrophe model, where working memory capacity was implemented as asymmetry and the degree…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, High School Students, Logical Thinking, Science Education
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Arsenio, William F.; Adams, Erin; Gold, Jason – Child Development, 2009
Connections between adolescents' social information processing (SIP), moral reasoning, and emotion attributions and their reactive and proactive aggressive tendencies were assessed. One hundred mostly African American and Latino 13- to 18-year-olds from a low-socioeconomic-status (SES) urban community and their high school teachers participated.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Adolescents, Verbal Ability, Secondary School Teachers
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Hart, Eric W. – Mathematics Teacher, 2010
The mathematics of information processing and the Internet can be organized around four fundamental themes: (1) access (finding information easily); (2) security (keeping information confidential); (3) accuracy (ensuring accurate information); and (4) efficiency (data compression). In this article, the author discusses each theme with reference to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, High Schools, Internet, Information Processing
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Swiderski, Suzanne M. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2011
High school teachers who engage students through active learning in their classrooms can more fully understand this instructional practice by examining the theories and strategies underlying the cognitive perspective of educational psychology, which addresses the development of knowledge in the individual mind. Two theoretical explanations,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Active Learning, Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship
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Duan, Xiaoju; Shi, Jiannong; Zhou, Dan – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2010
There are two major hypotheses concerning the developmental trends of processing speeds. These hypotheses explore both local and global trends. The study presented here investigates the effects of people's different knowledge on the speed with which they are able to process information. The participants in this study are gifted children aged 9,…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Gifted, Information Processing, Cognitive Development
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Spektor-Levy, Ornit; Granot-Gilat, Yael – Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 2012
The goal of this study was to examine the impact of a one-to-one program on the implementation of learning skills, information literacy, and the usage of computerized tools among students. These skills are part of the demands placed upon schools to develop 21st century competencies. Seventh and ninth grade students participated in this study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Information Literacy, Middle School Students, Learning Strategies
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Hussein, Furat; Reid, Norman – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
The difficulties of learning chemistry are related to the nature of chemistry itself and the methods by which chemistry is customarily taught. Frequently, the way of presenting chemistry does not take into account the psychology of the learner. With senior school pupils (over 1600 were involved) in the Emirates, a series of studies was conducted,…
Descriptors: Time Management, Chemistry, Short Term Memory, Information Processing
Sabol, Elizabeth A. – Library Media Connection, 2007
In this article, the author describes how the tragedy of a fire at Shikellamy High School in Sunbury, Pennsylvania helped her, together with Ellen Boyer, Shikellamy High School Drama/Communication Arts teacher, light a fire under their students. They were able to launch the new Information Literacy curriculum with an 11 period introduction to the…
Descriptors: Information Processing, Information Literacy, High School Students, School Libraries
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Reid, Norman – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
Around 1960, there were quite radical changes in emphasis in many countries in school chemistry education, with subsequent changes in many university courses. Considerable research was undertaken to explore the learning problems students were reporting and the common thread underlying became apparent: it related to the way humans process new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Postigo, Yolanda; Pozo, Juan Ignacio – Educational Psychology, 2004
This article examines the learning of different types of graphic information by subjects with different levels of education and knowledge of the content represented. Three levels of graphic information learning were distinguished (explicit, implicit, and conceptual information processing) and two experiments were conducted, looking at graph and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Syntax, Spatial Ability, Social Sciences
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