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Models of the Bilingual Lexicon and Their Theoretical Implications for CLIL
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Heine, Lena – Language Learning Journal, 2014
Although many advances have been made in recent years concerning the theoretical dimensions of content and language integrated learning (CLIL), research still has to meet the necessity to come up with integrative models that adequately map the interrelation between content and language learning in CLIL contexts. This article will suggest that…
Descriptors: Models, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
Computer-Mediated Counter-Arguments and Individual Learning
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Hsu, Jack Shih-Chieh; Huang, Hsieh-Hong; Linden, Lars P. – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
This study explores a de-bias function for a decision support systems (DSS) that is designed to help a user avoid confirmation bias by increasing the user's learning opportunities. Grounded upon the theory of mental models, the use of DSS is viewed as involving a learning process, whereby a user is directed to build mental models so as to reduce…
Descriptors: Decision Support Systems, Computer Mediated Communication, Experiments, Decision Making
High School Students' Informal Reasoning Regarding a Socio-Scientific Issue, with Relation to Scientific Epistemological Beliefs and Cognitive Structures
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Wu, Ying-Tien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
This study investigated the relationship among 68 high school students' scientific epistemological beliefs (SEBs), cognitive structures regarding nuclear power usage, and their informal reasoning regarding this issue. Moreover, the ability of students' SEBs as well as their cognitive structures for predicting their informal reasoning regarding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Nuclear Energy, Cognitive Processes, High School Students
Evaluating Models of Object-Decision Priming: Evidence from Event-Related Potential Repetition Effects
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Soldan, Anja; Mangels, Jennifer A.; Cooper, Lynn A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2006
This study was designed to differentiate between structural description and bias accounts of performance in the possible/impossible object-decision test. Two event-related potential (ERP) studies examined how the visual system processes structurally possible and impossible objects. Specifically, the authors investigated the effects of object…
Descriptors: Models, Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Performance
Student Perceptions and Cognitive Load: What Can They Tell Us about E-Learning Web 2.0 Course Design?
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Lambert, Judy; Kalyuga, Slava; Capan, Lisa A. – E-Learning, 2009
The described study investigated the effectiveness of an e-learning Web 2.0 course redesigned from the perspective of cognitive load theory. The analyzed variables were course wiki design features, levels of instructor support, levels of cognitive load and engagement, and values students placed on particular pedagogical approaches used during…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Instructional Design, Internet
A Twin-Study of Sleep Difficulties in School-Aged Children
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Gregory, Alice M.; Rijsdijk, Fruhling V.; Eley, Thalia C. – Child Development, 2006
This study examines frequency, overlap, and genetic and environmental influences on sleep difficulties, which are understudied in school-aged children. The Sleep Self Report and the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire were completed by 300 twin pairs (aged 8 years) and their parents. Child report suggested more frequent sleep problems than…
Descriptors: Sleep, Children, Genetics, Environmental Influences