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Chamberland, Martine; Mamede, Sílvia; St-Onge, Christina; Setrakian, Jean; Schmidt, Henk G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
Educational strategies that promote the development of clinical reasoning in students remain scarce. Generating self-explanations (SE) engages students in active learning and has shown to be an effective technique to improve clinical reasoning in clerks. Example-based learning has been shown to support the development of accurate knowledge…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Educational Strategies, Active Learning
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Herlina, Elda; Batusangkar, Stain – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This journal article discusses Advanced Mathematical Thinking (AMT) and how to enhance it. AMT is ability in representing, abstracting, creative thinking, and mathematical proving. The importance of AMT ability development in accord with government expectation who realize about the importance of mathematical competency mastery for student's life.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Abstract Reasoning
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Garrett, Lauretta – Journal of Developmental Education, 2013
Adult developmental mathematics students often work under great pressure to complete the mathematics sequences designed to help them achieve success (Bryk & Treisman, 2010). Results of a teaching experiment demonstrate how the ability to reason can be impeded by flaws in students' mental representations of mathematics. The earnestness of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Developmental Programs, Mathematics Education
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Moss, Jarrod; Kotovsky, Kenneth; Cagan, Jonathan – Cognitive Science, 2006
As engineers gain experience and become experts in their domain, the structure and content of their knowledge changes. Two studies are presented that examine differences in knowledge representation among freshman and senior engineering students. The first study examines recall of mechanical devices and chunking of components, and the second…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Seniors, Equipment, Knowledge Representation