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Pseudolongitudinal Investigation on Chinese Students' Categorization of Kinematics and Mechanics Problems
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Zhu, Guangtian; Wang, Jue – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Students' categorization of physics problems reflects their expertise in problem solving. We conducted a pseudolongitudinal study to investigate the development of students' categorization ability. Over 250 Chinese students from grade 10 to grade 12 were asked to categorize 20 problems of kinematics and mechanics into suitable categories based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Classification, Expertise
Increasing Choice-Making and Choice Awareness for Students with Intellectual Disability
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Sparks, Shannon Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A number of studies have suggested that when children with disabilities are presented with choice-making opportunities, they can make choices (Bambara, 2004; Carlson, Luiselli, Slyman, & Markowski, 2008; Dibley & Lim, 1999; Manhertz, 2006). Teaching choice-making to students with intellectual disability is an important skill. Students with…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Decision Making, Teaching Methods, High School Students
The Transformation of Consequential Functions in Accordance with the Relational Frames of Same and Opposite
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Whelan, Robert; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2004
Although the literature on reinforcement in behavioral psychology is extensive, few studies have examined the derived transformation of reinforcing functions in accordance with equivalence classes, and no published research has yet examined the derived transformation of consequential functions in accordance with nonequivalence relations. In the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Cues, Reinforcement, Psychological Studies