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Rhodes, Ashley E.; Rozell, Timothy G. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2017
Cognitive flexibility is defined as the ability to assimilate previously learned information and concepts to generate novel solutions to new problems. This skill is crucial for success within ill-structured domains such as biology, physiology, and medicine, where many concepts are simultaneously required for understanding a complex problem, yet…
Descriptors: Physiology, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Ability, Memorization
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De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
The present study was developed to assess teachers' beliefs on (1) the role of prior language knowledge in language learning; (2) the perceived usefulness of language knowledge in modern society; and (3) the teaching practices to be used with multilingual students. Subjects were 176 secondary schoolteachers working in Italy (N = 103), Austria (N =…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Language Maintenance, Physical Education