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Rhodes, Matthew G.; Tauber, Sarah K. – Psychological Bulletin, 2011
Many studies have examined the accuracy of predictions of future memory performance solicited through judgments of learning (JOLs). Among the most robust findings in this literature is that delaying predictions serves to substantially increase the relative accuracy of JOLs compared with soliciting JOLs immediately after study, a finding termed the…
Descriptors: Cues, Metacognition, Long Term Memory, Memorization
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Michel, Eva – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012
Since Piaget, the view that motor and cognitive development are interrelated has gained wide acceptance. However, empirical research on this issue is still rare. Few studies show a correlation of performance in cognitive and motor tasks in typically developing children. More specifically, Diamond A. (2000) hypothesizes an involvement of executive…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Cognitive Development
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Jones, M. Gail; Gardner, Grant; Taylor, Amy R.; Wiebe, Eric; Forrester, Jennifer – Research in Science Education, 2011
This study explored factors that contribute to students' concepts of magnification and scale. Spatial visualization, logical thinking, and concepts of magnification and scale were measured for 46 middle school students. Scores on the "Zoom Assessment" (an assessment of knowledge of magnification and scale) were correlated with the "Test of Logical…
Descriptors: Visualization, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness, Memory
Decker, Janice E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Brain-based initiatives and school readiness mandates in education have prompted researchers to examine the biological mechanisms associated with learning in the hope that understanding empirical evidence can maximize learning potential. Current research has examined working memory skills in relationship to early learning. The function of working…
Descriptors: Evidence, Early Reading, Program Effectiveness, Short Term Memory
Snow, Richard E. – 1976
The theoretical and methodological concepts available to and needed by research on aptitudes as cognitive processes are discussed. Contemporary views of cognitive processes are examined in relation to individual difference constructs and the methods used to examine their reliability and validity. Individual difference constructs are discussed in…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Correlation
Stitt, Clyde L.; Huntington, Dorothy A. – J Speech Hearing Res, 1969
Based on Huntington's Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University. Adapted from paper presented at Convention of American Speech and Hearing Association (36, Los Angeles, Calif., Nov., 1960).
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Correlation