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Andrew Charles Kercher – ProQuest LLC, 2021
To solve an unfamiliar mathematics problem, students of the subject must know more than the appropriate prerequisite content knowledge. They must also know how best to strategically apply their knowledge, how to monitor and gauge the effectiveness of their work, and how to respond (both cognitively and emotionally) to unanticipated results.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, College Students, Mathematics Skills
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Abendroth, Johanna; Richter, Tobias – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Readers confronted with unfamiliar and controversial scientific debates tend to rely on simple heuristics such as the perceived plausibility to focus their cognitive resources on specific information during comprehension. In the present experiment, we tested the assumption that plausibility judgments as an integral part of comprehension are used…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Scientific Concepts, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Heuristics
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Karonen, Maarit; Murtonen, Mari; Södervik, Ilona; Manninen, Marianna; Salomäki, Mikko – Education Sciences, 2021
Understanding chemical models can be challenging for many university students studying chemistry. This study analysed students' understanding of molecular structures using the Lewis structure as a model, and examined what hinders their understanding. We conducted pre- and post-tests to analyse students' conceptions and changes in them. The…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Problem Solving, Molecular Structure, College Students
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Pi, Zhongling; Zhang, Yi; Zhou, Weichen; Xu, Ke; Chen, Yanran; Yang, Jiumin; Zhao, Qingbai – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
In the present study, we tested the effectiveness of three learning strategies (self-explanation, learning by teaching and passive viewing) used by students who were learning from video lectures. Effectiveness was measured not only with traditional measures, but also with electroencephalography (EEG). Using a within-subjects design, 26 university…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Video Technology, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
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Thompson, Carol L.; Kleine, Michael W. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
New scholarship advocates that students should learn deeply and well. Little information exists on exactly how to get students deeply into material so that they understand it inside and out, backward and forward and in a way that enables them to construct knowledge schemas. The authors have developed a heuristic list of communication response…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading, Heuristics, Learning Strategies
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Farrar, Nicholas; Trorey, Gill – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2008
This study attempts to further our understanding of how expertise is acquired in a specific vocational context. Using unstructured interviews with both individuals and groups, carried out whilst engaged in practice, it examines what happens when dry stone wallers are developing their skills, how they gain expertise and how they communicate their…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Interviews, Industrial Psychology, Work Experience
Cohen, Myrna L. – 1993
The strategic learning of college and university students begins with their acquisition of knowledge about their academic context and its learning opportunities and demands. However, traditional assessment measures isolate the student outside of the authentic learning context, which limits the information available from these tests. In contrast,…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Ethnography, Heuristics
Lewis, Clayton – 1986
Computer learners often develop explanations of events they observe during training. Recent work on generalization suggests that explanations may be valuable in permitting learners to develop generalizations from one or a few examples. This study explores the idea by describing four generalization paradigms in which explanations play a part:…
Descriptors: Analogy, Cognitive Style, College Students, Computer Science