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Graduate Student Preferences in Online Environment
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Keener, Cheryl P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research explored online graduate students' preferences using the Constructivist Internet-Based Learning Environment Survey (CILES) and how everyday learner attributes affected their preferences. The purpose of this study was to identify graduate students' preferences for various types of learning in order to aid designers with aligning…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Educational Technology, Preferences, Student Attitudes
Giving Change When Payment Is Made with a Dime: The Difficulty of Tens and Ones
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Chandler, Cynthia C.; Kamii, Constance – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate children's construction of 10s out of the 1s they have already constructed. It was found that, for many younger children, a dime was something different from 10 pennies even though they could say with confidence that a dime was worth 10 cents. As the children grew older, their performance improved.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Arithmetic, Number Concepts, Children
Developing Organization of Mental Verbs: Evidence for the Development of a Constructivist Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood.
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Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; And Others – Cognitive Development, 1996
Two experiments examined theory of mind in middle childhood by examining changes in the organization of mental verbs of knowing. Found that older children and comprehension monitors placed greater emphasis on the certainty aspects of mental activity than did younger children and comprehension nonmonitors, suggesting that important aspects of a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Developmental Stages
Breaking the Language Barrier: An Emergentist Coalition Model for the Origins of Word Learning.
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Hollich, George J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2000
Presents emergentist coalition theory of language development characterizing lexical acquisition as the emergent product of cognitive constraints, social-pragmatic factors, and global attentional mechanisms. Details 12 experiments with 12- to 25-month-olds using the development of reference as test case of the theory. Presents evidence that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning)
Is In-Class Physical Activity at Risk in Constructivist Physical Education?
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Chen, Ang; Martin, Robert; Sun, Haichun; Ennis, Catherine D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Constructivist physical education emphasizes cognitive engagement. This study examined the impact of a constructivist curriculum on in-class physical activity. Caloric expenditure in metabolic equivalents (MET) and vector magnitude count (VM) data from a random sample of 41 constructivist lessons were compared with those from a random sample of 35…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Physical Activities, Cognitive Processes
Making Sense of Infant Categorization: Stable Processes and Changing Representations.
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Madole, Kelly L.; Oakes, Lisa M. – Developmental Review, 1999
Demonstrates the need for a process-oriented, constructivist approach to understanding infants' categorization abilities. Suggests that emphasizing the distinction between perceptual and conceptual categorization has been an obstacle to forging an approach. Proposes a more microanalytic consideration of features available to infants at different…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Developing Organization of Mental Verbs and Theory of Mind in Middle Childhood: Evidence From Extensions.
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Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; Henderson, Robbie L.; Fabricius, William V. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Assessed developments in the theory of mind suggested by changes in the organization of cognitive verb extensions during elementary school years. Found three major changes with development: increased understanding of the role of memory in input functions, increased interrelatedness of memory- and comprehension-related verbs, and increased…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Development, Classification