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Cognitive Capacity Demands of Two Addition Algorithms.
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Dashiell, William; Killian, Paul W., Jr. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Eighteen college students solved addition problems using the Hutchings Low Fatigue Addition Algorithm, which requires a written record of running sums, and the standard algorithm, which does not. Students using the Hutchings algorithm had significantly higher reaction times to a tone, indicating that the Hutchings method requires less cognitive…
Descriptors: Addition, Adolescents, Algorithms, Cognitive Processes
Anagram Solution Time and Effects of Distraction, Sex Differences, and Anxiety.
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Papsdorf, James D.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
An anagram task administered to high and low test-anxious subjects under varied levels of external distraction showed a significant main effect of test anxiety for the "hard" anagrams which also interacted with the subjects' sex and distraction. The effects of increments of anxiety arousal produced by distraction are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Performance Factors
An Experimental Approach to the Psychology of Form Creation
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Holt-Hansen, Kristian – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Arithmetical Estimation "Ad Absurdum"
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Lieblich, Amia; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, College Students
The Middleness Concept in Children
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Rohles, Frederick H., Jr. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Attempts to determine the age at which the concept of middleness," or intermediately positioned object, emerges and is functional. (MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Effects of a Creativity Training Program on Stimulus Preferences
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Renner, Vivian; Renner, John C. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Body Posture and Thinking
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Schulman, David; Shontz, Franklin C. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Human Posture, Individual Differences
Reasoning Ability of Hebrew Parochial School Students
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Gross, Morris B. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, Educational Philosophy, Hebrew
Cognitive Tempo and Cognitive Level Relationships among Mentally Retarded Children.
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Sternberg, Les; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
To ascertain predictive relationships between and within cognitive tempo and cognitive level characteristics of moderately retarded children, the Matching Familiar Figures Test and Essential Math and Language Skills Inventory were administered. No significant predictive relationship from cognitive tempo to level was indicated, but elements of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo