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Cicirelli, Victor G. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
This study investigated the effects of an older sibling's aid in an object sorting task on the younger sibling's conceptual style. Children aided by siblings used descriptive style less than children who worked alone; children aided by siblings four years older used inferential style more than children aided by siblings two years older. Children…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Family Influence
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De Grave, W. S.; And Others – Instructional Science, 1996
To investigate whether problem-based learning leads to conceptual change, the cognitive and metacognitive processes of a group of medical students were studied during the problem analysis phase, and their verbal communication and thinking processes were analyzed. Stimulated recall of the thinking process during the discussion detected a conceptual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis