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Peer reviewedBeswick, David G.; Tallmadge, G. Kasten – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Conflicting findings in two earlier studies in the area of learning style effects are studied. (DG)
Descriptors: Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Curiosity, Factor Analysis
Peer reviewedJamieson, Bruce D. – Journal of Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Attitudes, Catholics, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Direct linkGuajardo, Nicole R.; Turley-Ames, Kandi Jo – Cognitive Development, 2004
Two studies examined associations between theory of mind performance and counterfactual thinking using both antecedent and consequent counterfactual tasks. Moreover, the studies examined children's abilities to generate different types of counterfactual statements in terms of direction and structure. Participants were 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Development, Learning Theories
Loper, Ann B. – Exceptional Education Quarterly: Teaching Exceptional Children to Use Cognitive Strategies, 1980
An examination of the role of metacognitive thinking (a secondary level of understanding in which an individual shows knowledge of his/her own cognitive process and products) in the cognitive training of exceptional students is presented. (PHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTennyson, Robert D.; Tennyson, Carol L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Design strategies directly related to the development of instructional materials for rule learning were investigated. Findings indicated: 1) the degree of divergence between instances showed that contrasting, not matching, features resulted in better performance; and 2) two contextually similar rules learned simultaneously, not successfully,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Grade 10, High Schools
Peer reviewedKazelskis, Richard – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Graduate Students, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedMueller, Donald J.; Gumina, James M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1972
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Cues, Feedback
Peer reviewedBrown, Bill R. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBartholomeus, Bonnie N.; Doehring, Donald G. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedMay, William W. – Journal of General Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedWhite, Murray J. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedGerst, Marvin S. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Codification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Peer reviewedDeci, Edward L. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedLeslie, Lauren – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980
A mediation versus production deficiency in memory processing was examined by testing the effect of instructions for rehearsal on performance of 128 average and disabled readers in grades 2 and 5. A second study examined effects of covert rehearsal on the memory of 64 average and disabled readers in grade 2 over trials. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedPylyshyn, Zenon W. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 1973
Discusses several common misunderstandings regarding theories of competence, especially that of psychological reality of competence formalisms. Argues that the claim of the psychological reality of a mechanism,'' as opposed to a structural description, is only appropriate when the mechanism accounts parsimoniously for the widest possible range of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Intelligence
