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Download full textLackey, James R. – 1994
The elements of statistical formulae that cause people to perceive them as difficult were studied, working from theoretical bases that involve cognitive load, motivational perception, and impasse driven learning. In a pilot study conducted to identify difficulties that novices perceive while learning statistical formulae, 22 students in an…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Equations (Mathematics)
Baxter, Gail P.; And Others – 1993
Analyses of the cognitive activity displayed by students on existing innovative assessments in science were conducted. The project has worked with pilot alternative assessment programs in Connecticut and California to document the match or mismatch between the skills and processes that the assessment is designed to tap and those actually elicited.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
