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Baker, Ryan; Ma, Wei; Zhao, Yuxin; Wang, Shengni; Ma, Zhenjun – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
With the development of personalized learning in technological platforms, more data and information are given to instructors on what contents are appropriate for a learner's next step, with an aim of helping them support their students in navigating an optimized learning path that can promote an enhanced learning outcome. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Electronic Learning, Learning Theories, Cognitive Development
Symons, Sonya; Reynolds, P. Lee – 1999
Little is known of children's knowledge of text search processes and the role of metacognition. This study examined middle school students' knowledge of text search strategies and the correlation between metacognitive awareness and search efficiency. Sixty-nine students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade were observed as they searched in an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Fluellen, Jerry – 1990
A paper describes how David Bohm's holographic world view can be used to design a whole language program. Characterized by interconnectedness and multidimensionality, Bohm's holographic paradigm joins Eastern and Western belief systems in an old fashion pursuit of wisdom, on the one hand, and a new fashion pursuit of solutions to nonlinear…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
Bartolini Bussi, Maria G. – 2000
This paper discusses some findings of research studies developed in Italy on the approach to theoretical knowledge. Two examples are discussed in detail: (1) a classroom discussion concerning the shift from an empirical to a theoretical compass in primary school (fifth grade); and (2) the scheme of a teaching experiment on overcoming conceptual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Roberts, Nancy; And Others – 1994
Researchers from BBN Laboratories and Lesley College (Massachusetts) have begun exploratory studies to build an understanding of the learning that occurs when middle school students interact with science-based simulations. Sixty hours of discussion among eight middle school students were videotaped as they used the simulations from the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Grade 7
Potter, Ellen F.; And Others – 1991
The continuation of an earlier study examined to what extent students change in their use of evaluative criteria in writing between the fifth and sixth grade. Twenty-five students were interviewed in fifth and sixth grade. In the fifth grade, all students were taught writing by the same teacher who emphasized student choice of topic, recursive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Evaluation Criteria, Grade 5, Grade 6