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Schultheis, Holger; Bertel, Sven; Barkowsky, Thomas – Cognitive Science, 2014
This article presents research into human mental spatial reasoning with orientation knowledge. In particular, we look at reasoning problems about cardinal directions that possess multiple valid solutions (i.e., are spatially underdetermined), at human preferences for some of these solutions, and at representational and procedural factors that lead…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving, Computation
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Carruthers, Sarah; Stege, Ulrike – Journal of Problem Solving, 2013
This article is concerned with how computer science, and more exactly computational complexity theory, can inform cognitive science. In particular, we suggest factors to be taken into account when investigating how people deal with computational hardness. This discussion will address the two upper levels of Marr's Level Theory: the computational…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computation, Difficulty Level, Computer Science
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Nokes, Timothy J.; Hausmann, Robert G. M.; VanLehn, Kurt; Gershman, Sophia – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Cognitive science principles should have implications for the design of effective learning environments. The self-explanation principle was chosen for the current work because it has developed significantly over the last 20 years. Early formulations hypothesized that self-explanation facilitated inference generation to supply missing information…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Physics, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science
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Chan, Lap Ki; Cheng, Maurice M. W. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
Although high-fidelity digital models of human anatomy based on actual cross-sectional images of the human body have been developed, reports on the use of physical models in anatomy teaching continue to appear. This article aims to examine the common features shared by these physical models and analyze their educational value based on the…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Instruction, Human Body, Models
Ash, Ivan K.; Cushen, Patrick J.; Wiley, Jennifer – Journal of Problem Solving, 2009
In the present article, we articulate three assumptions underlying theories proposing that restructuring processes play a key role in insightful problem solving: representational difficulty, representational change, and discontinuity in solution processes. We argue that these assumptions need empirical validation to justify the proposition of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Processes, Intuition, Problem Solving
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Barmby, Patrick; Harries, Tony; Higgins, Steve; Suggate, Jennifer – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
We examine whether the array representation can support children's understanding and reasoning in multiplication. To begin, we define what we mean by understanding and reasoning. We adopt a "representational-reasoning" model of understanding, where understanding is seen as connections being made between mental representations of concepts, with…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Multiplication, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic
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Saxe, Geoffrey B. – Human Development, 2008
In his 1979 "Human Development" article reprinted in this anniversary issue, James Wertsch presented an approach to genetic analysis of the shifting regulation of problem-solving behavior in early childhood. In my reflections on Wertsch's seminal contribution, I discuss ways that subsequent inquiry built upon ideas he elaborated in the…
Descriptors: Social History, Investigations, Interpersonal Relationship, Genetics
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Solaz-Portoles, Joan Josep; Lopez, Vicent Sanjose – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2007
In this paper we focus on some of the findings of the science education research community in the area of representations and problem solving. Problem solving depends on the construction and manipulation of mental models (internal representations) in the mind. A large knowledge base (declarative, procedural, strategic, situational, and schematic…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Metacognition, Short Term Memory
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Linard, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1995
Describes the difference between mediation and "mediatisation." Suggests the need for a paradigm shift away from the computational model of knowledge as pure information processing and task-centered problem solving to a more contextualist, sociointeractional, constructivist, user-centered model of cognition. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Development, Information Processing
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Ainsworth, Shaaron – Computers & Education, 1999
Discusses multiple representations and multimedia learning environments; describes a functional taxonomy of MERs (multiple external representations); and considers how MERs are used to support cognitive processes in learning and problem solving with computers. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment
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Tao, Ping-Kee – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Explores high school students' collaborative efforts in solving qualitative physics problems and investigates how and whether confronting students with varying views improves problem solving skills. (Contains 22 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, High Schools, Knowledge Representation
Discenna, Jennifer – 1998
This research study focused on the knowledge structure of the domain of physics by describing the knowledge of experts, intermediates, and novices. In order to investigate these representations, a reiterative categorization task was employed using novice, intermediate, and expert subjects (N=27). The categories were classified as theory-, model-,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Chernyi, A. I. – International Forum on Information and Documentation, 1997
Discusses knowledge, organization, and the organization and representation of knowledge. Addresses the relevance of international auxiliary languages as problems of development and use of special sign systems. Argues that--for computer realization of intellectual processes by modeling, not imitation--the psychological mechanisms of human memory…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
Crowley, Kevin, Ed.; Schunn, Christian D., Ed.; Okada, Takeshi, Ed. – 2001
This book focuses on three particular context-specific accounts of scientific thinking. The first section of the book presents research focused on extending knowledge of the fundamental components of scientific thinking. In the second section, research is presented that is focused primarily on how to build a structure for scientific thinking in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Takaoka, Ryo; Okamoto, Toshio – 1994
As a person learns, his problem solving ability improves and one reason for this is the increased acquisition of "macro-rules" which make problem solving more efficient. An intelligent computer assisted learning (ICAI) system is being developed which automatically acquires the useful knowledge from the domain experts; as experts give the learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design
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