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Smith, Betty Lou; Holliday, William G.; Austin, Homer W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Despite the heavy reliance on textbooks in college courses, research indicates that college students enrolled in first-year science courses are not proficient at comprehending informational text. The present study investigated a reading comprehension questioning strategy with origins in clinical research based in elaboration interrogation theory,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Intervals, Textbooks
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Bonner, Janice M.; Holliday, William G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
A composite theory of college science student note-taking strategies was derived from a periodic series of five interviews with 23 students and with other variables, including original and final versions of notes analyzed during a semester-long genetics course. This evolving composite theory was later compared with Van Meter, Yokoi, and Pressley's…
Descriptors: College Science, Learning Strategies, Genetics, Notetaking
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Piquette, Jeff S.; Heikkinen, Henry W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
This study explores general-chemistry instructors' awareness of and ability to identify and address common student learning obstacles in chemical equilibrium. Reported instructor strategies directed at remediating student alternate conceptions were investigated and compared with successful, literature-based conceptual change methods. Fifty-two…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Chemistry, Concept Formation, Science Education
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Milkent, Marlene M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
Examines the relationships between the development of proportional reasoning strategies and three cognitive variables from Pascual-Leone's and Case's neo-Piagetian theories: (1) degree of field independence; (2) M-space; and (3) short-term storage space. Describes the ability of students to transfer problem-solving schemata to new contexts as well…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making