Recent literature has described how the capacity for concurrent self-assessment--ongoing moment-to-moment self-monitoring--is an important component of the professional competence of physicians. Self-monitoring refers to the ability to notice our own actions, curiosity to examine the effects of those actions, and willingness to use those…

Diverse strategies for marking GCSE examinations have been identified, ranging from simple automatic judgements to complex cognitive operations requiring considerable expertise. However, little is known about patterns of strategy usage or how such information could be utilised by examiners. We conducted a quantitative analysis of previous verbal…

Today's students find the traditional lecture-based teaching format less desirable and seem to prefer a more hands-on learning experience. Consequently, it has become necessary to redesign the introductory MIS course. This paper describes a new modular approach to delivering the introductory course. The primary focus is to provide students with…

The purpose of this study was to investigate Pakistani Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) practitioners' perceptions of the importance of WLP competencies at the present time and in the next five years. The goals were to: (1) identify and characterize a profile of Pakistani WLP practitioners; (2) analyze perceptions of the current and future…

Chapters in this book include: (1) E-Learning Indicators: A Multidimensional Model for Planning Developing and Evaluating E-Learning Software Solutions (Bekim Fetaji and Majlinda Fetaji); (2) Barriers to Effective use of Information Technology in Science Education at Yanbu Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Abdulkareem Eid S. Alwani and Safeeullah Soomro);…

Compared to other subjects, the typical introductory programming (CS1) course has higher than usual rates of both failing and high grades, creating a characteristic bimodal grade distribution. In this article, I explore two possible explanations. The conventional explanation has been that learners naturally fall into populations of programmers and…

This descriptive study used a mixed methods design and sought to examine students' perceptions on workforce education and development (WED) curriculum responsiveness to culturally and internationally diverse graduate students at a Midwestern university on four dimensions: "teaching strategies (to include delivery)," "curriculum…

Since the early 1950's the principal prescriptive model in the psychological study of decision making has been maximization of Subjective Expected Utility (SEU). This SEU maximization has come to be regarded as a description of how people go about making decisions. However, while observed decision processes sometimes resemble the SEU model,…

Recently, interest in research measuring stream of consciousness or thought has increased. A study was conducted, based on a previous study by Hurlburt, Lech, and Saltman, in which subjects were randomly interrupted to rate their thoughts and moods on a Likert-type scale. Thought samples were collected from 27 subjects who carried random-tone…

Used states-of-mind model to track therapeutic changes in cognitive balance of 39 agoraphobics. Descriptive and statistical analyses from an outcome study of graduated exposure, relaxation training, and paradoxical intention supported the model. Agoraphobics evinced negative dialogue at pretreatment, positive dialogue at mid and posttreatment, and…

The author evaluates four learning style instruments, makes suggestions to minimize weaknesses, and offers general suggestions for using style information. The instruments discussed are the Group Embedded Figures Test, Hill Cognitive Style Inventory, Kolb Learning Style Inventory, and the Canfield Learning Styles Inventory. (JOW)

The study used a battery of nine neuropsychological tests/subtests to derive patterns of cognitive style with 56 mildly handicapped and 36 non-handicapped children (ages 6-13). Three subtypes of cognitive style (dysphonetic, dyseidetic, and mixed) were identified in both groups, suggesting that cognitive style operated independently of cognitive…

Research by behavioral scientists suggests that the hemispheres of the brain mature at different rates in boys and in girls up to about age 10. A change in teaching style to accommodate different learning styles benefitted all members of a second-grade class, in particular a boy with learning problems. (MT)

Surveyed 60 married couples to explore the relationship between spouses' cognitive styles and interaction patterns. Used three measures of cognitive style and one measure of relational interaction patterns. Results indicated that spouses' reports of parallel, complementary, and symmetrical interaction could each be predicted from spouses'…

Based on the typology of C. G. Jung, the authors conducted survey research on two populations of third, fourth, and fifth graders. Findings suggest that gifted students are predominantly intuitors and that in decision making there is a surprisingly high degree of feeling involved in terms of student attention to information processing. (Author/CL)