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Three Strategies for the Critical Use of Statistical Methods in Psychological Research
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Campitelli, Guillermo; Macbeth, Guillermo; Ospina, Raydonal; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
We present three strategies to replace the null hypothesis statistical significance testing approach in psychological research: (1) visual representation of cognitive processes and predictions, (2) visual representation of data distributions and choice of the appropriate distribution for analysis, and (3) model comparison. The three strategies…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Hypothesis Testing, Psychology, Social Science Research
Facilitating Proportional Reasoning through Worked Examples: Two Classroom-Based Experiments
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Bentley, Brendan; Yates, Gregory C. R. – Cogent Education, 2017
Within mathematics teaching, ways to help students resolve proportional reasoning problems remains a topical issue. This study sought to investigate how a simple innovative procedure could be introduced to enhance skill acquisition. In two classroom-based experiments, 12-year-old students were asked to solve proportional reasoning mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills, Experiments
The Relationship between Iranian ESP Learners' Translation Ability and Resilience in Reading Comprehension
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Malekan, Fatemeh; Hajimohammadi, Reza – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
The present study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between Iranian ESP Learners' translation ability and resilience in reading comprehension. More specifically, the study aimed to study the resilience cognitive and metacognitive effect on raising L2 reading comprehension through translation. Secondly, the study aimed at pursuing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Translation
Shape Up: An Eye-Tracking Study of Preschoolers' Shape Name Processing and Spatial Development
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Verdine, Brian N.; Bunger, Ann; Athanasopoulou, Angeliki; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Learning the names of geometric shapes is at the intersection of early spatial, mathematical, and language skills, all important for school-readiness and predictors of later abilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We investigated whether socioeconomic status (SES) influenced children's processing of shape names and…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Preschool Children, Geometric Concepts, Naming
Mathematical Development: The Role of Broad Cognitive Processes
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Calderón-Tena, Carlos O. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
This study investigated the role of broad cognitive processes in the development of mathematics skills among children and adolescents. Four hundred and forty-seven students (age mean [M] = 10.23 years, 73% boys and 27% girls) from an elementary school district in the US southwest participated. Structural equation modelling tests indicated that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students
The Empirical Validation of the Model of Conceptual Learning and Development Using the Concept of Cutting Tool: Report from the Project on Children's Learning and Development. Technical Report No. 291.
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Bernard, Michael E.; Klausmeier, Herbert J. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to empirically test a set of predictions implied by the Model of Conceptual Learning and Development using the concept of cutting tool. Four subtests were developed to assess a subject's ability to perform at each of four successive levels of concept attainment (concrete, identity, classificatory and formal). In…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes