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Schwartz, Neil H.; Andersen, Christopher; Hong, Namsoo; Howard, Bruce; McGee, Steven – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
Twenty-eight students (aged 9 to 17) freely explored a science Web site structured either in an outline (linear) format or "puzzle" (non-linear) format for 2.5 hours. Subjects then engaged in tasks involving locational memory and informational recall. The results indicate that presence of metacognitive skills was a necessary but not sufficient…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Memory, Instructional Design, Hypermedia
Hooper, Frank H.; And Others – 1979
This 4-year longitudinal study of logical reasoning found complex interrelationships among different cognitive processes of children ages 6 to 15. Piaget's stage theory is discussed in the introduction, with a focus on the concrete operational stage in middle childhood. In the study, a representative array of logical concept tasks and short-term…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability