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Direct linkDarabi, Aubteen; Arrastia-Lloyd, Meagan C.; Nelson, David W.; Liang, Xinya; Farrell, Jennifer – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
In order to develop an expert-like mental model of complex systems, causal reasoning is essential. This study examines the differences between forward and backward instructional strategies in terms of efficiency, students' learning and progression of their mental models of the electronic transport chain in an undergraduate metabolism course…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Undergraduate Students
Hester, Kimberly S.; Robledo, Issac C.; Barrett, Jamie D.; Peterson, David R.; Hougen, Dean P.; Day, Eric A.; Mumford, Michael D. – Creativity Research Journal, 2012
In recent years, it has become apparent that knowledge is a critical component of creative thought. One form of knowledge that might be particularly important to creative thought relies on the mental models people employ to understand novel, ill-defined problems. In this study, undergraduates were given training in the use of causal relationships…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Cognitive Structures, Undergraduate Students
Koslowski, Barbara; Marasia, Joseph; Chelenza, Melanie; Dublin, Randi – Cognitive Development, 2008
Recognizing information as evidence is central to the development of scientific reasoning. When does information about an event come to be treated as evidence relevant to explaining the event? We asked whether this was increasingly likely to happen when an explanation becomes available that can incorporate both the event and the information into a…
Descriptors: Information Science, Evidence, Scientific Concepts, Thinking Skills
Download full textBerkant, Hasan Guner – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether students' meaningful causal thinking abilities vary with their academic achievement levels, reading comprehension abilities, and gender. The sample of the study consisted of 124 ninth grade students attending a secondary school in Adana City Seyhan District during 2008-2009 academic year.…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Secondary School Students, Thinking Skills, Causal Models
Peer reviewedDemetriou, Andreas; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Describes a theory of cognition which posits specialized structural systems (SSSs) that enable individuals to represent and understand domains of knowledge. Three test batteries assessed 12-16 year olds' abilities to think combinatorially, form hypotheses, design experiments, and construct models or theories. Suggests that the results of tests…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Causal Models, Cognitive Development
Kaplan, Diane S.; Liu, Ruth X.; Kaplan, Howard B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2004
A theoretically informed model was estimated with the LISREL-VIII program using panel data from 1,384 mother-adolescent child pairs to examine processes by which mothers' adolescent school experiences measured in 1971 (Time 1) affected the adolescent school experiences of their children measured in the 1990s (Time 3) through mediating variables…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Adolescents, Causal Models, Educational Experience
