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Luz, Yael; Yerushalmy, Michal – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2023
We report on an innovative design of algorithmic analysis that supports automatic online assessment of students' exploration of geometry propositions in a dynamic geometry environment. We hypothesized that difficulties with and misuse of terms or logic in conjectures are rooted in the early exploration stages of inquiry. We developed a generic…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
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Ramsburg, Jared T.; Ohlsson, Stellan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
The cognitive conflict hypothesis asserts that information that directly contradicts a prior conception is 1 of the prerequisites for conceptual change and other forms of nonmonotonic learning. There have been numerous attempts to support this hypothesis by adding a conflict intervention to learning scenarios with weak outcomes. Outcomes have been…
Descriptors: Classification, Feedback (Response), Conflict, Learning Processes
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Reed, Stephen K. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
Many types of learning require the mapping of information across situations. The proposed organizational framework extends the cognitive study of mappings across problems to include mappings across representations, solutions, and sociocultural contexts. I apply one-to-one, one-to-many, and partial mappings to analyze representative cases that…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cognitive Processes, Logical Thinking, Information Transfer
Nahinsky, Irwin D. – 1980
A theory for representation of concepts in memory is proposed which emphasizes the association of salient exemplars with the concept. Previous theories dealing with the classification processes involved in acquiring new concepts have shown that clear category boundaries do not exist. It is proposed that present theory must account for the…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Learning Theories
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Krnel, Dusan; Glazar, Sasa S.; Watson, Rod – Science Education, 2003
The development of the concept of matter was explored in children aged 3-13. Eighty four children were asked to classify four sets of objects and matter and to explain their classifications during interviews. Younger children tended to classify using a mixture of extensive properties (properties of objects) and intensive properties (properties of…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
Wilson, Brent G.; Merrill, M. David – Performance and Instruction, 1980
Shows how elaboration theory (ET) sequences the concepts in a taxonomy and argues that the product of an ET analysis is usually in general agreement with sequencing based on learning prerequisite relationships, and that ET sequencing of taxonomic concepts will not violate learning prerequisite relationships. (Author/MER)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
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Bengston, John K.; Cohen, Stuart J. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
The assumptions underlying the classfication rule-learning description of concept acquisition are critically examined. An alternative characterization of what it means to have a primacy hypothesis and Gibson's position that knowledge of the world is a product of direct perception are discusssed. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Learning Experience
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Oller, John W., Jr. – Linguistics, 1972
Induction refers to categorizing sensory experience and substitution to interchanging similar objects. If similar items are functionally identical and near the focus of attention at nearly the same time, similarity impedes learning (interference). If either condition is not fulfilled, similarity aids learning (transfer). (DD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Concept Formation, Induction
Bernard, Michael E. – 1975
This study, presented in three parts, investigated the effects of a group of single-concept instructional variables on the learning at an advanced level of attainment of taxonomy of behavior management concepts. The effects of presenting advance organizers and inserting within-text questions was also examined. The influence of the single-concept…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Milligan, John R. – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Schema theory, an area of educational research within perceptual learning theory, is divided into five major subtopics: (1) explanation, development, and background; (2) theoretical approaches; (3) pattern classification; (4) pattern quantification; and (5) quantified pattern feature approach (which attempts to combine classification and…
Descriptors: Classification, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Learning Processes
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Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Wilczinska, Veronica – Francais dans le Monde, 1987
An approach to teaching grammar concepts treats conceptualization as a process of sensitization, consisting of three stages: motivating the student to learn the concept, presenting the operating concept and the grammatical category in question, and consolidating and enriching the concept in the student's mind. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Classification, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
McVaugh, William H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1973
The present research is concerned with an analysis of the relationship between stimulus learning and retention on the one hand, and concept learning on the other. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Concept Formation, Learning Theories
Dettrick, Graham W. – 1975
This study investigated a problem within the theoretical structure of cognitive development proposed by Jean Piaget, and used the concepts of classification and projective spatial relationships to investigate the nature of attainment and sequencing of three corresponding logical and infralogical groupings according to the models proposed by…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Andre, Thomas – 1977
A model is proposed for memory that stresses a distinction between episodic memory for encoded personal experience and semantic memory for abstractors and generalizations. Basically, the model holds that questions influence the nature of memory representations formed during instruction, and that memory representation controls the way in which…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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