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Direct linkGifford, Julian D.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
We present a framework designed to help categorize various sense making moves, allowing for greater specificity in describing and understanding student reasoning and also in the development of curriculum to support this reasoning. The framework disaggregates between the mechanisms of student reasoning (the cognitive "tool" that they are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, Physics, Thinking Skills
Download full textHannafin, Michael J. – 1982
The consistency of verbal and/or visual learning strategy and the effects of such strategies on the recall of concrete and abstract prose by third and fourth grade students were investigated. Using a learning strategy screening procedure, students were classified as demonstrating high, medium, or low dominance of verbal or visual learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Elementary Education
Wideman, Herbert H.; Owston, Ronald D. – 1991
This study examined cognitive processes and outcomes associated with student knowledge base development. Sixty-nine students from two grade 8 classes were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a knowledge base development (KBD) group, a problem-solving software group, and a control group. Those in the KBD group received relevant instruction…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
