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Ifenthaler, Dirk; Masduki, Iskandaria; Seel, Norbert M. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2011
Many research studies have clearly demonstrated the importance of cognitive structures as the building blocks of meaningful learning and retention of instructional materials. Identifying the learners' cognitive structures will help instructors to organize materials, identify knowledge gaps, and relate new materials to existing slots or anchors…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Instructional Materials, Retention (Psychology), Cognitive Development
Schizas, Dimitrios; Katrana, Evagelia; Stamou, George – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2013
In the present study we used the technique of word association tests to assess students' cognitive structures during the learning period. In particular, we tried to investigate what students living near a protected area in Greece (Dadia forest) knew about the phenomenon of decomposition. Decomposition was chosen as a stimulus word because it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Network Analysis, Science Education, Cognitive Structures
Martínez-Sierra, Gustavo; García González, María del Socorro – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
The aim of this qualitative research is to identify Mexican high school students' emotional experiences in mathematics classes. In order to obtain the data, focus group interviews were carried out with 22 students. The data analysis is based on the theory of the cognitive structure of emotions (Ortony, Clore & Collins, 1988) that specifies the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Emotional Experience, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving
Saçkes, Mesut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to examine kindergarten children's mental models of the day and night cycle and provide implications for pedagogical practices targeting space science concepts in early childhood classrooms. A total of 46 kindergartners participated in the study, their age ranging from 60 to 75 months, including 22 boys and 24 girls.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Cognitive Processes
Willis, Mariam – Parenting for High Potential, 2012
Empathy is the ability to understand and feel for the situation of another human being and is shaped by seeing others react when distressed; by imitating what they see, children develop a repertoire of empathic responses. When children see other people in pain, their brains become active in the same regions that process the experience of pain…
Descriptors: Gifted, Empathy, Emotional Development, Emotional Intelligence
Hartati, Sulis Janu – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2014
This research questions were "how do the characteristics of learning model of logic & algorithm according to APOS theory" and "whether or not these learning model can improve students learning outcomes". This research was conducted by exploration, and quantitative approach. Exploration used in constructing theory about the…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, Outcomes of Education
Lopez, Enrique J.; Shavelson, Richard J.; Nandagopal, Kiruthiga; Szu, Evan; Penn, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
Chemistry courses remain a challenge for many undergraduate students. In particular, first-semester organic chemistry has been labeled as a gatekeeper with high attrition rates, especially among students of color. Our study examines a key factor related to conceptual understanding in science and predictive of course outcomes-knowledge structures.…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, College Science, Organic Chemistry
Makarova, Elena A. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The paper covers a diverse range of topics, the areas of interest for this particular paper include (a) knowledge structures and mental models, (b) problem solving processes, (c) metacognition, (d) skill acquisition, (e) individual learning styles, and (f) transfer of learning. The following brief synopsis of the paper serves to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Cognitive Style, Educational Environment
Hansen, Malin J.; Birol, Gulnur – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
This is among the first longitudinal studies to report student attitudes across 4 yr of a university program. We found that the attitudes of students in biology become significantly more expert-like from the first year to the fourth year of the program, that is, there was a significant positive shift in students' overall percent favorable scores…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Longitudinal Studies, Biology, Scientific Attitudes
Isaki, Emi; Harmon, Mary Towle – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2015
This exploratory Intergenerational Program (IGP) focused on reading to determine whether it affects mood and communication in older adults with mild dementia and neurocognitive deficits, and if it influences school-aged children's perceptions of older adults over time. Six older adults with cognitive-communication deficits and 12 school-aged…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Older Adults, Dementia, Children
Hester, Kimberly S.; Robledo, Issac C.; Barrett, Jamie D.; Peterson, David R.; Hougen, Dean P.; Day, Eric A.; Mumford, Michael D. – Creativity Research Journal, 2012
In recent years, it has become apparent that knowledge is a critical component of creative thought. One form of knowledge that might be particularly important to creative thought relies on the mental models people employ to understand novel, ill-defined problems. In this study, undergraduates were given training in the use of causal relationships…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Cognitive Structures, Undergraduate Students
Reinfried, Sibylle; Tempelmann, Sebastian – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This paper provides a video-based learning process study that investigates the kinds of mental models of the atmospheric greenhouse effect 13-year-old learners have and how these mental models change with a learning environment, which is optimised in regard to instructional psychology. The objective of this explorative study was to observe and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Climate, Scientific Concepts
Wu, Ying-Tien – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study aims to provide insights into the role of learners' knowledge structures about a socio-scientific issue (SSI) in their informal reasoning on the issue. A total of 42 non-science major university students' knowledge structures and informal reasoning were assessed with multidimensional analyses. With both qualitative and…
Descriptors: College Students, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Logical Thinking
Faulkner, Melissa – CEA Forum, 2013
This article challenges faculty members and administrators to rethink current definitions of remediation. First year college students are increasingly placed into basic writing courses due to a perceived inability to use English grammar correctly, but it must be acknowledged that all students will encounter the need for remediation as they attempt…
Descriptors: Remedial Programs, Writing Across the Curriculum, Basic Writing, Definitions
Ibrahim, Bashirah; Rebello, N. Sanjay – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
In this paper, we report on a project concerned with the role of cognition during problem solving. We specifically explore the categories of mental representations that students work with during problem solving of different representational task formats. The sample, consisting of 19 engineering students taking a calculus-based physics course,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Physics