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Ryherd, Kayleigh; Landi, Nicole – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2019
Poor comprehenders (PCs) are characterized by poor reading comprehension despite intact decoding and general cognitive ability. Poor word meaning knowledge is one of the earliest deficits associated with a PC profile. We examined processes underpinning word learning in PCs using a category learning paradigm. Adolescent participants (20 typically…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Problems, Classification, Adolescents
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2021, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.), that this year has been converted into a fully Virtual Conference as a result of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic.…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
Keefe, James W. – 1987
A cognitive processing model was adopted by the task force developing the National Association of Secondary School Principals' (NASSP) Learning Style Profile (LSP). The LSP contains 23 independent scales representing four higher order factors: cognitive skills; perceptual responses; study preferences; and instructional preferences. The subscales…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
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van Den Hurk, Marianne – Active Learning in Higher Education: The Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2006
In problem-based learning (PBL) students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own self-regulated learning process. The present study focuses on two self-regulated learning strategies, namely time planning and self-monitoring. Time planning involves time management, scheduling and planning one's study time. Self-monitoring involves…
Descriptors: Self Management, Independent Study, Problem Based Learning, Learning Processes
Keefe, James W., Ed. – 1988
In 1986, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, with the assistance of a national task force, published the NASSP Learning Style Profile (LSP) for diagnosis of the cognitive styles, perceptual response tendencies, and instructional preferences of middle level and senior high school students. This monograph offers a short course…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
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Okebukola, Peter Akinsola – Science Education, 1986
Describes a study in Nigeria comparing achievement in biology with a student's preference for cooperative or competitive learning situations. Proposes that rural children prefer cooperative learning strategies while urban children prefer competitive ones. Presents data proposing that learning preference (cooperative vs competitive) directly…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Competition
Mamchur, Carolyn – 1982
The Action Oriented, Reflection Oriented (AORO) observation instrument was designed to help teachers determine their students' cognitive preferences. The assumption underlying the instrument was that learning is enhanced when teaching strategies and materials take into account the student's natural tendency toward action or reflection. AORO…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Secondary Education