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Hampson, Eric – 1990
A study investigated the functional relationship that exists when mental ability and language competence are separately and simultaneously measured with regard to their influence on the effective treatment of verbal information. Data were gathered from 100 men and women, aged 20-60, who were tested for language competence, reading comprehension,…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textBedard, Denis; And Others – 1996
A 2-year study at the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec) investigated the changes in six medical students' clinical reasoning processes as they participated in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. In each year, students performed a think-aloud protocol with two medical case problems to solve, one in cardiology and one in urology. In the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cardiology, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Shere, Waris, Ed.; Duhamel, Ronald, Ed. – 1987
Present trends and future directions in postsecondary education in Canada and the United States are addressed in 15 essays and an introduction by Ron Duhamel. Authors and titles are as follows: "Traditional Values in the Contemporary University" (Robin H. Farquhar); "Facing the Future" (R. J. Duhamel); "Challenges to the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, College Curriculum, College Faculty
