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Lee, Victor R.; Drake, Joel; Cain, Ryan; Thayne, Jeffrey – Cognition and Instruction, 2021
Given growing interest in K-12 data and data science education, new approaches are needed to help students develop robust understandings of and familiarity with data. The model of the "quantified self"--in which data about one's own activities are collected and made into objects of study--provides inspiration for one such approach. By…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Familiarity, Self Concept, Prior Learning
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Braithwaite, David W.; Goldstone, Robert L. – Cognition and Instruction, 2015
Learning abstract concepts through concrete examples may promote learning at the cost of inhibiting transfer. The present study investigated one approach to solving this problem: systematically varying superficial features of the examples. Participants learned to solve problems involving a mathematical concept by studying either superficially…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Prior Learning, Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts
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Gijlers, Hannie; de Jong, Ton – Cognition and Instruction, 2009
This study investigates how collaborative knowledge construction within an inquiry learning environment can be assisted with scaffolds that aim to support students' hypothesis generation process. Sixty-six students on a university preparatory track worked collaboratively on a kinematics task. The instructional goal was to develop students'…
Descriptors: Opinions, Prior Learning, Cooperative Learning, Interaction