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Nokes, Timothy J.; Hausmann, Robert G. M.; VanLehn, Kurt; Gershman, Sophia – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Cognitive science principles should have implications for the design of effective learning environments. The self-explanation principle was chosen for the current work because it has developed significantly over the last 20 years. Early formulations hypothesized that self-explanation facilitated inference generation to supply missing information…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Physics, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science
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Tao, Ping-Kee – International Journal of Science Education, 2001
Explores high school students' collaborative efforts in solving qualitative physics problems and investigates how and whether confronting students with varying views improves problem solving skills. (Contains 22 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, High Schools, Knowledge Representation
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Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Snellen-Balendong, Hetty; Wolfhagen, Ineke H. A. P.; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Medical Teacher, 1997
Lends support to the idea that the quality of the cases used in problem-based learning affects the nature of student learning in this context. Outlines seven principles adapted from research on learning and cognition that can help guide case design. Contains 22 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation