NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Comparing the Quality of Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders' Social Interactions and Cognitive Strategy Use during Structured Online Inquiry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Coiro, Julie; Sekeres, Diane Carver; Castek, Jill; Guzniczak, Lizabeth – Journal of Education, 2014
This study examined the social and cognitive interaction patterns of third, fourth, and fifth graders as they collaboratively read on the Internet and responded to an inquiry prompt. Data analysis revealed patterns of cognitive strategy use that intersected with social forms and functions of dialogue. Dyads that exhibited higher levels of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Cognitive Style
A Constructivist Approach to Uncertainty Reduction in Initial Impressions.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Rubin, Rebecca B. – 1980
A study was conducted on the relationships between information seeking and individual cognitive structures (both individual cognitive complexity and the constructs used to understand others). Specifically, the study sought to determine how people use questions to reduce the uncertainty of meeting new people in impression-formation interviews. The…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Concept Formation
Cognitive Style and Interpersonal Behavior: Implications for Human Relations Training Settings.
Mezoff, Bob – 1979
Focusing on the cognitive style known as Field-Dependence-Independence (FDI), this literature review includes: (1) an examination of how one can better understand interpersonal behavior in the human relations training setting; (2) how to develop hypotheses about the relationships that might make for successful or unsuccessful matches between…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Counselor Training
Situated Action and the Management of Impression.
Ginsburg, G. P. – 1981
Studies of the creation and management of impressions have advanced rapidly in recent years. However, relatively little empirical information has been provided about the processes by which impressions are created and managed in routine interaction and about the range of matters about which impressions are created. The excessive use of internal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cultural Context, Human Relations, Interaction Process Analysis
Effective Communications through Educational Cognitive Style. A Position Paper.
Abruzzese, Anthony A. – 1979
Educational cognitive style refers to a person's preferred ways of gathering meaning from surroundings. It involves four groups of behaviors: receiving, expressing, reasoning, and handling the receiving/expressing in specific settings or modalities. A comparison of communication and educational cognitive style shows that several ideas are common…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction
A Theoretical Foundation of Communicator Style.
Schroeder, Anthony B. – 1979
An analysis of interpersonal communication research supports the existence of the notion "communicative style," the method or manner by which an individual interacts with others. Scholars concerned with interpersonal behavior acknowledge that individuals develop habitual styles of interactive behavior that tend to produce optimal…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Communication Research, Higher Education