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Henry Markovits; Valerie A. Thompson – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2023
Mental model (Johnson-Laird, 2001) and probabilistic theories (Oaksford & Chater, 2009) claim to provide distinct explanations of human reasoning. However, the dual strategy model of reasoning suggests that this distinction corresponds to different reasoning strategies, termed "counterexample" and "statistical,"…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, Learning Strategies, Logical Thinking
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Xu, Chang; Wells, Emma; LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Imbo, Ineke – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to examine factors that influence strategic flexibility in computational estimation for Chinese- and Canadian-educated adults. Strategic flexibility was operationalized as the percentage of trials on which participants chose the problem-based procedure that best balanced proximity to the correct answer with…
Descriptors: Computation, Problem Solving, Feedback (Response), Accuracy