The aim of the research reported in this paper was to explore students' "journey" towards conceptual understanding during an undergraduate course. The task that medical students face--to learn a substantial quantity of detailed knowledge and integrate into a coherent whole in a limited time frame--is demanding. Seven students were…

Research methods and statistics are core courses in the undergraduate psychology major. To assess learning outcomes, it would be useful to have a measure that assesses research methods and statistical literacy beyond course grades. In two studies, we developed and provided initial validation results for a research methods and statistical knowledge…

This article explores moments of becoming a/r/tography. A/r/tography is a research methodology, a creative practice, and a performative pedagogy that lives in the rhizomatic practices of the in-between. Resisting the tendency for endless critique of past experience and bodies of knowledge, a/r/tography is concerned with the creative invention of…

This paper describes a program of research aimed at better understanding mathematics conceptual learning. Rather than studying the products of learning (conceptual steps), it focuses on the process (mechanism) of students' learning -- learning that occurs through their mathematical activity in the context of a sequence of mathematical tasks.…

Conceptual change views of teaching and learning processes in science, and also in various other content domains, have played a significant role in research on teaching and learning as well as in instructional design since the late 1970s. An important issue is whether conceptual change can provide a powerful framework for improving instructional…

In recent years, research within the sociocultural perspective on moral learning has contributed important knowledge about how individuals develop their moral ability by participating in sociocultural activities. To a lesser extent, sociocultural research has focused on the role of individual continuity in these processes. The purpose of this…

The present investigation compared three models of learning and generalization of related abstract categories: the prototype, the common feature, and the distinctive feature model. (Editor)

The primary thrust of the present experiment was to examine the relative learning rate or capacity of hyperactive children on a laboratory learning task involving concept learning. (Author/RK)

In two experiments adult subjects were given a redundant relevant cues concept identification problem. (Editor)

This study highlights some theoretical ideas which should be considered in attempting to assess the degree of abstraction underlying conceptual learning. (Author/RK)

Explores the hypothesis that play can be a useful preliminary experience for the more advanced problem-solving involved in mathematical concept formation. (Author/RK)

Levels of concept acquisition interms of attribute perception were examined for 20 different chemical concepts featuring in GCE O-level school chemistry courses. (Editor)

The domain of research is considerably limited. The majority of societal goals for education are not completely known nor can they be explicitly enough stated for there to be sufficiently rigorous evaluation and research. (Author)

Children's use of causal and logical connectives was examined before and after treatments based on advance organizers with social studies lessons. In samples of 120 children from age-levels 6 and 10 years a diminution in the use of syncretic reasoning and understanding followed the experimental treatment. (Editor)