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Direct linkNorton, Anderson; Wilkins, Jesse L. M. – Cognition and Instruction, 2013
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of particular instructional practices that support students' constructions of the partitive unit fraction scheme and measurement concepts for fractions. Another body of research has demonstrated the power of a particular mental operation--the splitting operation--in supporting students'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 6, Grade 7, Algebra
Greeno, James G. – Cognition and Instruction, 2009
Son and Goldstone (2009) provided orienting activities intended to increase personal engagement, and these activities reduced participants' transfer based on concepts of signal detectability theory. I offer a theoretical interpretation that differs from theirs. First, instead of assuming that activity is contextualized in some conditions and not…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Cognitive Structures, Student Attitudes, Epistemology
Izsak, Andrew – Cognition and Instruction, 2004
In this article, I present a study in which 12 pairs of 8th-grade students solved problems about a physical device with algebra. The device, called a winch, instantiates motions that can be modeled by pairs of simultaneous linear functions. The following question motivated the study: How can students generate algebraic models without direct…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Education, Algebra
Peer reviewedPoole, Deborah – Cognition and Instruction, 1994
Examines linguistic encoding of curricular knowledge in classroom testing events. Argues that dominant epistemological orientation of testing events is positivist and values a discrete, bounded form of knowledge. Compares the language of testing events and earlier lesson presentations of the same curricular information, suggesting that testing…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Epistemology
Peer reviewedKuhn, Deanna; Black, John; Keselman, Alla; Kaplan, Danielle – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Investigated intervention effects on mental models of multivariable causality in middle school students involved in inquiry learning. Found that inquiry learning promoted a correct mental model based on additive effects of individual features and a meta-strategic understanding of the need to control influences of other features. Also found…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning, Inquiry
Peer reviewedSmith, Carol L.; Maclin, Deborah; Houghton, Carolyn; Hennessey, M. Gertrude – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Assessed the impact of elementary science experiences on the development of sixth-graders' epistemological views. Found that, compared to students in a traditional science classroom, those in a constructivist classroom developed an epistemological stance toward science that focused on the central role of ideas in the knowledge acquisition process.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
