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Knowing When to Fold 'em: Problem Attributes and Strategy Differences in the Paper Folding Test
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Burte, Heather; Gardony, Aaron L.; Hutton, Allyson; Taylor, Holly A. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Spatial visualization--the ability to mentally imagine and manipulate objects--has frequently been measured using the Paper Folding Test (PFT). In this task, participants view diagrams of a paper being folded and a hole being punched. They then identify the resulting punch pattern. Although task instructions promote mentally unfolding the paper,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visualization, Task Analysis, Problem Solving
A Path Model for Metacognition and Its Relation to Problem-Solving Strategies and Achievement for Different Tasks
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Zhao, Ningning; Teng, Xichun; Li, Wenting; Li, Yanhua; Wang, Shuaiming; Wen, Hongbo; Yi, Mengya – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
Metacognition is a powerful predictor for learning performance, and for problem-solving. But how metacognition works for cognitive strategies and learning performance is not clear. The present study was designed to explore how metacognition affected the cognition (learning strategies and problem solving strategies) and different kinds of learning…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Problem Solving, Psychometrics, Gender Differences
The Effect of Strategy on Problem Solving: An FMRI Study
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Newman, Sharlene D.; Pruce, Benjamin; Rusia, Akash; Burns, Thomas, Jr. – Journal of Problem Solving, 2010
fMRI was used to examine the differential effect of two problem-solving strategies. Participants were trained to use both a pictorial/spatial and a symbolic/algebraic strategy to solve word problems. While these two strategies activated similar cortical regions, a number of differences were noted in the level of activation. These differences…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Solution Strategies and Achievement in Dutch Complex Arithmetic: Latent Variable Modeling of Change
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Hickendorff, Marian; Heiser, Willem J.; van Putten, Cornelis M.; Verhelst, Norman D. – Psychometrika, 2009
In the Netherlands, national assessments at the end of primary school (Grade 6) show a decline of achievement on problems of complex or written arithmetic over the last two decades. The present study aims at contributing to an explanation of the large achievement decrease on complex division, by investigating the strategies students used in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Arithmetic, National Competency Tests
Implications of Cognitive Theory for Instruction in Problem Solving.
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Frederiksen, Norman – Review of Educational Research, 1984
Cognitive theories of problem solving and cognitive psychologists' suggestions for teaching problem solving are reviewed. Theories and suggestions from creativity research are also considered. How high proficiency levels in problem solving are acquired and how best to teach problem-solving skills (for both well- and ill-structured problems) are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
The Development and Validation of Scores on the Mathematics Information Processing Scale (MIPS).
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Bessant, Kenneth C. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
This study reports on the development and psychometric properties of a new 87-item Mathematics Information Processing Scale that explores learning strategies, metacognitive problem-solving skills, and attentional deployment. Results with 340 college students support the use of the instrument, for which factor analysis identified five theoretically…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Factor Analysis
Strategies Underlying Psychometric Test Responses in Young and Middle-aged Adults of Varying Educational Background.
Macrae, Kristina S. – 1984
The aim of this study was to investigate the strategies leading to test item responses in 60 young (20-25 years) and 60 middle-aged (35-40 years) adults, whose highest level of education had been either secondary, technical or university. Subjects were individually administered a 12 item test similar to Raven's Progressive Matrices, and were…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability