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Nielsen, Wendy S.; Nashon, Samson; Anderson, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
This article reports on a study that investigated students' metacognitive engagement in both out-of-school and classroom settings, as they participated in an amusement park physics program. Students from two schools that participated in the program worked in groups to collectively solve novel physics problems that engaged their individual…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Physics, Problem Solving, Metacognition
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Griffiths, Alan K.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Three psychometric methods for validating learning hierarchies were applied to one data set derived from student responses (N=269) to items representing skills in a hypothesized hierarchy for the mole concept. The hierarchy derived from the analysis was supported by a test for transfer of learning from subordinate to superordinate skills.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Grade 10, High Schools, Learning Processes