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Peer reviewedAllwood, Carl Martin – Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Psychology and Language, 1984
Describes a study which analyzed problem solvers' error detection processes by instructing subjects to think aloud when solving statistical problems. Effects of evaluative episodes on error detection, detection of different error types, error detection processes per se, and relationship of error detection behavior to problem-solving proficiency…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Style, Correlation, Error Patterns
Download full textThorndyke, Perry W.; Stasz, Cathleen – 1979
This study investigates the strategies people use to acquire knowledge from maps. Among the questions examined were (1) what distinguishes poor learners from good learners, and (2) how do the learning strategies of map-using experts differ from those of nonexpert learners? Eight subjects participated in the study. Five were undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
