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Tuncay-Yüksel, Büsra; Yilmaz-Tüzün, Özgül; Zeidler, Dana L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
The purpose of this study was to test predictability of environmental moral reasoning patterns of preservice science teachers (PSTs) by their epistemological beliefs and values. Four environmental moral dilemma scenarios that reflect different environmental moral dilemma situations taking place in four outdoor recreation contexts (i.e., hiking,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Predictor Variables
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Hizli Alkan, Sinem – Journal of Educational Change, 2023
Teachers exercising reflexivity through their internal conversations is one of the most important factors in the process of curriculum change. Drawing from Margaret Archer's theory, this research explores teachers' internal conversations in their own descriptions about a range of matters related to curriculum making. Eight secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Curriculum Development, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
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Lieber, Leonie; Graulich, Nicole – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Building scientific arguments is a central ability for all scientists regardless of their specific domain. In organic chemistry, building arguments is a necessary skill to estimate reaction processes in consideration of the reactivities of reaction centres or the chemical and physical properties. Moreover, building arguments for multiple reaction…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Persuasive Discourse
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Zeybek Simsek, Zulfiye – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
There is a wide recognition that reasoning abstractly, constructing arguments, or critiquing arguments should be an important educational goal in the mathematical experiences of all students in the standards for school mathematics. Seeing these standards as an essential element for developing deep mathematical understanding; however, call for a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Decision Making, Abstract Reasoning
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Stephens, Rachel G.; Dunn, John C.; Hayes, Brett K. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2019
When asked to determine whether a syllogistic argument is deductively valid, people are influenced by their prior beliefs about the believability of the conclusion. Recently, two competing explanations for this belief bias effect have been proposed, each based on signal detection theory (SDT). Under a response bias explanation, people set more…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Bias, Logical Thinking, Persuasive Discourse
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Aumont, Étienne; Blanchette, Caroll-Ann; Bohbot, Veronique D.; West, Greg L. – Learning & Memory, 2019
When people navigate, they use strategies dependent on one of two memory systems. The hippocampus-based spatial strategy consists of using multiple landmarks to create a cognitive map of the environment. In contrast, the caudate nucleus-based response strategy is based on the memorization of a series of turns. Importantly, response learners…
Descriptors: Memory, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Memorization, Navigation
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Insani, Metri Dian; Pratiwi, Novida; Muhardjito, M. – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2019
This research was aimed at profiling student's thinking skills in dealing with Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) questions based on Marzano taxonomy by referring to 13 indicators. This pre-experimental research employed pretest-posttest design. The indicators included were comparison, classification, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning,…
Descriptors: Biology, Taxonomy, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills
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Yapicioglu, Aysegül Evren; Aycan, Sule – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2018
The establishment and use of nuclear power plants to meet the energy need is a controversial socioscientific issue in all the countries of the world; as in Turkey. In this regard, the current study intended to investigate the effect of the socioscientific issue-based instructional activities related to the Nuclear Energy Plants (NEP) that have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Decision Making, Abstract Reasoning
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Köymen, Bahar; Mammen, Maria; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2016
In the context of joint decision-making, we investigated whether preschoolers alter the informativeness of their justifications depending on the common ground that they share with their partner. Pairs of 3- and 5-year-olds (N = 146) were introduced to a novel animal with unique characteristics (e.g., eating rocks). In the common ground condition,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Thinking Skills, Learning Processes, Social Cognition
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Hu, Yiling; Wu, Bian; Gu, Xiaoqing – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Test results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) reveal that Shanghai students performed less well in solving interactive problems (those that require uncovering necessary information) than in solving analytical problems (those having all information disclosed at the outset). Accordingly, this study investigates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Eye Movements, High Achievement
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Watagodakumbura, Chandana – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
With the emergence of a wealth of research-based information in the field of educational neuroscience, educators are now able to make more evidence-based decisions in the important area of curriculum design and construction. By viewing from the perspective of educational neuroscience, we can give a more meaningful and lasting purpose of leading to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Neurosciences
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Linhares, Alexandre; Brum, Paulo – Cognitive Science, 2007
There is a crucial debate concerning the nature of chess chunks: One current possibility states that chunks are built by encoding particular combinations of pieces-on-squares (POSs), and that chunks are formed mostly by "close" pieces (in a "Euclidean" sense). A complementary hypothesis is that chunks are encoded by abstract,…
Descriptors: Play, Semantics, Educational Games, Memory
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Neumann, Yoram; Finaly, Edith – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1989
Three basic orientations to problem solving are defined and related to four profiles of problem environment. The contingency between problem-solving orientations and problem environment is presented by means of three formal models that are translated to fit the students' learning environment. Implications for further studies are discussed. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Skow, Lisa; And Others – 1990
Proposing that world view is a dimension of culture which lies below the surface of human behavior at the level of the subconscious, this paper argues that this often ignored dimension of culture profoundly influences human communication. The paper is divided into two sections. First, world view is defined and its importance in explaining how…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Communication Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology