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Automated and Controlled Processes in Comprehending Multiple Documents
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Hahnel, Carolin; Goldhammer, Frank; Kroehne, Ulf; Mahlow, Nina; Artelt, Cordula; Schoor, Cornelia – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The study investigates automated and controlled cognitive processes that occur when university students read multiple documents (MDs). We examined data of 401 students dealing with two MD sets in a digital environment. Performance was assessed through several comprehension questions. Recorded log data gave indications about students' time…
Descriptors: Automation, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Quantifying the Assessment Loads of Students and Staff: The Challenge of Selecting Appropriate Metrics
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Scott, Shirley V. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
Assessment is central to learning. It is also central to the cost of providing higher education. Choosing how much and what forms of assessment are questions not only of good teaching but of good policy. Measuring the amount of assessment set in each course provides a basis on which to determine equitable and appropriate workloads for students and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Time Factors (Learning)
Comparing Psychology Undergraduates' Performance in Probabilistic Reasoning under Verbal-Numerical and Graphical-Pictorial Problem Presentation Format: What Is the Role of Individual and Contextual Dimensions?
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Agus, Mirian; Peró-Cebollero, Maribel; Penna, Maria Pietronilla; Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
This study aims to investigate about the existence of a graphical facilitation effect on probabilistic reasoning. Measures of undergraduates' performances on problems presented in both verbal-numerical and graphical-pictorial formats have been related to visuo-spatial and numerical prerequisites, to statistical anxiety, to attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Majors (Students), Foreign Countries
The Development of Meta-Cognitive Awareness in Memory, Communication, and Attention. Technical Report No. 452.
Yussen, Steven R.; Bird, J. Elizabeth – 1978
Thirty-six children between four and seven years of age were asked a series of questions to determine their degree of insight (meta-cognitive awareness) regarding the way four common variables influence the ease with which a person can perform the three cognitive tasks of remembering, communicating, and attending. The four variables were the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
A Simple Procedure for Analyzing Task Appropriateness, with Applications in Remedial Reading Instruction.
Marliave, Richard; Filby, Nikola – 1980
Research is reviewed on high success (low error rate) during instructional tasks in relationship to learning outcomes; alternative interpretations of the relationship are considered; and alternative strategies for controlling success during remedial reading instructional tasks are discussed. A simple procedure is described for the analysis of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Task as a Unit of Teaching Analysis.
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Hall, Stephen – 1993
The concept of "task" is explored, particularly as it relates to the work students perform in learning a language. It is proposed that what really happens as a student learns can be understood better by applying the concept of task to classroom processes. The ways in which task has been defined by educators are reviewed, and it is concluded that…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning