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Studies on Information Processing Rates in Science Learning and Related Cognitive Variables. I: Some Theoretical Issues Related to Motivation.
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Anderson, O. Roger – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
A neuromathematical model of information processing applied to science learning is expanded to include two coefficients representing the motivational state of the learner. The inclusion of these coefficients (which are described) permits modeling of the effects of variations in motivation on the rate and amount of information in learning tasks.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning, Learning Motivation, Mathematical Models
A Neuromathematical Model of Human Information Processing and Its Application to Science Content Acquisition.
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Anderson, O. Roger – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
A mathematical model of information acquisition is presented and empirically evaluated in comparison to evidence obtained from experimental studies of science content acquisition. Implications of the model for human information acquisition and future research are discussed in the context of the unique theoretical framework of the model. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Biophysics, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Learning Processes
Some Interrelationships between Constructivist Models of Learning and Current Neurobiological Theory, with Implications for Science Education.
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Anderson, O. Roger – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
This paper examines how some fundamental mechanisms of nervous system activity can explain human information processing and the acquisition of knowledge and provides additional theoretical support for constructivist applications to science education reform. The implications for scientific epistemology and conceptual change processes in science…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, Epistemology, Higher Education
Studies of Information Processing Rates in Science Learning and Related Cognitive Variables. II: A First Approximation to Estimating a Relationship Between Science Reasoning Skills and Information Acquisition.
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Anderson, O. Roger; Callaway, J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
An empirical analysis of the relationship between science reasoning skills and the amount of information acquired during science learning as predicted by a neuromathematical model of information processing is presented. Subjects were 93 adolescents (mean age of 15.4 years old) with a IQ range of 91-142. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
A Flow-Map Method of Representing Cognitive Structure Based on Respondents' Narrative Using Science Content.
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Anderson, O. Roger; Demetrius, Olive J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Method is presented for displaying the sequential and multirelational ideation of scientific narrative elicited from respondents. The flow map provides a figural representation of the flow of information, the points in the flow where multirelational and recurrent linkages are made, and the time required to retrieve and express the information at…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning)