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Zhang, Yin; Chu, Samuel K. W. – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
In recent years, a number of models concerning problem solving systems have been put forward. However, many of them stress on technology and neglect the research of problem solving itself, especially the learning mechanism related to problem solving. In this paper, we analyze the learning mechanism of problem solving, and propose that when…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
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Dickhauser, Oliver; Reinhard, Marc-Andre – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2010
Individual differences in need for cognition (NFC) have been found to correspond with differences in information processing. Individuals with lower NFC process information using a peripheral route compared to individuals higher in NFC. These differences may effect the formation of performance expectancies. Based on previous work demonstrating that…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Student Motivation, Grade 8, Grade 9