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Anglim, Jeromy; Wynton, Sarah K. A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2015
The current study used Bayesian hierarchical methods to challenge and extend previous work on subtask learning consistency. A general model of individual-level subtask learning was proposed focusing on power and exponential functions with constraints to test for inconsistency. To study subtask learning, we developed a novel computer-based booking…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Learning, Statistical Analysis
Holveck, Susan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This mixed methods study was designed to compare the effect of using an inquiry teaching methodology and a more traditional teaching methodology on the learning gains of students who were taught a five-week conceptual change unit on density. Seventh graders (N = 479) were assigned to five teachers who taught the same unit on density using either a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Grade 7, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts