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Lee, Hee Seung; Betts, Shawn; Anderson, John R. – Cognitive Science, 2016
Learning to solve a class of problems can be characterized as a search through a space of hypotheses about the rules for solving these problems. A series of four experiments studied how different learning conditions affected the search among hypotheses about the solution rule for a simple computational problem. Experiment 1 showed that a problem…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Hypothesis Testing, Experiments, Cognitive Processes
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Fong, Soon Fook; Por, Fei Ping; Tang, Ai Ling – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of multiple simulation presentation in interactive multimedia are on the achievement of students with different levels of anxiety in the learning of Probability. The interactive multimedia courseware was developed in two different modes, which were Multiple Simulation Presentation (MSP) and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Courseware, Probability, Computer Simulation
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Glass, Arnold Lewis; Brill, Gary; Ingate, Margaret – Educational Psychology, 2008
This study examined the effect of distributed questioning on learning and retention in a college lecture course. A total of 48 question pairs were presented over four exams. The 16 question pairs associated with each of the three blocks of the course appeared on the block exams, and all 48 appeared on the final exam. The two questions in each pair…
Descriptors: Memory, Probability, Psychology, Questioning Techniques
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction