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Lim, Doo Hun; Yoon, Seung Won; Park, Sunyoung – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
This study reports the result of literature review in regards to learning outcome studies and presents a framework that integrates content types with learning outcomes. Analysis of learning outcome studies between 1992 and 2006 using the ERIC database indicated that most empirical studies have assessed the learning outcome at lower levels of…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Outcomes of Education, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews
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Sorva, Juha – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2013
This article brings together, summarizes, and comments on several threads of research that have contributed to our understanding of the challenges that novice programmers face when learning about the runtime dynamics of programs and the role of the computer in program execution. More specifically, the review covers the literature on programming…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Programming, Introductory Courses, Misconceptions
Calais, Gerald J. – Online Submission, 2008
Balanced reading instruction proposes an alternative to phonics only or whole language only programs; offers an efficient mixture of instructional approaches; and reconciles an array of learning styles. Although this balanced approach can not be interpreted monolithically, due to the various ways that whole language and phonics can be taught and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Reading Fluency, Goal Orientation
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Cust, Janelle – Nurse Education Today, 1995
Cognitive research findings depict learning as an active, constructivist, cumulative, and self-regulated process leading to the development of understanding and complex, skilled performance. Nurse educators can use these findings to design courses reflecting complex performance, providing for collaborative learning, encouraging student reflection…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Learning Theories
Kaput, James J. – 1999
Via computational media, humans are entering a fifth stage of cognitive development leading to a virtual culture. This culture is seen as replacing the writing-based theoretic culture. Background information about the first four stages of mental evolution or cognitive development is provided. It is suggested that the evolutionary perspective needs…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Ajose, Sunday A. – 1999
This paper contains the comments of a discussant reviewing the paper, "The Role of Visual Representations in the Learning of Mathematics" (Abraham Arcavi). A research-based evaluation is made that focuses on the ideas of stochastics and the epistemological triangle. (Contains 28 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation
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Wittrock, M. C. – Elementary School Journal, 1991
Describes a model for generative teaching of comprehension that focuses on students' knowledge base and preconceptions; motivation; attention; and generation of new models and explanations. Generative teaching procedures for facilitating comprehension in elementary school are reported. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attention, Cognitive Structures, Comprehension
Arcavi, Abraham – 1999
As biological and socio-cultural beings, humans are encouraged and aspire to "see" not only what comes "within sight," but also what is not possible to see. Visualization is described as offering a method of seeing the unseen. These ideas are organized into sections that focus on seeing the unseen in data, seeing the unseen in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Halford, Graeme S. – Human Development, 1995
Draws on recent work leading to new conceptions of learning, induction, transfer, and strategy acquisition. Contends learning is no longer simply the acquisition of behaviors, but also includes storing knowledge about relations in the world, and acquiring structural representations and mental models. Sees learning and the growth of processing…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Herman, William E. – 1995
This paper outlines the constructivist approach to teaching and learning and reviews some of the literature to establish a linkage between constructivist theories of learning and humanistic psychology. In particular, the paper recognizes the work of Carl Rogers and suggests that his contributions to the professional literature on teaching and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
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Ortony, Andrew – Discourse Processes, 1987
Critically examines papers by Wellman and Estes, Olson and Torrance, and Hall and Nagy. (AEW)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
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Carey, Susan – American Psychologist, 1986
The premise behind the cognitive approach to teaching is that understanding results when new learning is integrated with existing knowledge. But the goal of science instruction is to replace existing ideas with new theories. Current research in science education seeks to resolve these conflicting instructional approaches. (Author/VM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Taylor, James C. – Educational Technology, 1994
Describes the Novice-Expert (Novex) Analysis, a nine-step approach to instructional design aimed at effecting the shift from novice to expert by creating a series of learning activities to enable novices to construct an expert knowledge base. The "Dimensions of Processing Model" diagram illustrates how learning processes influence…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
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Matthews, Michael R. – Science and Education, 1997
Provides references that relate mostly to educational constructivism and to articles that address epistemological and philosophical matters in science education. Topics include children's learning, cognitive development, curriculum development, classroom practices, and teacher education. Contains 109 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies
McLaughlin, Barry – 1994
An information-processing approach to language learning is examined; language aptitude is factored into the approach, and the role of working memory is discussed. The process of learning includes two processes that make heavy use of working memory is: automatization and restructuring. At first, learners must make a conscious effort to remember and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Information Processing, Language Aptitude
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