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Norris, Stephen P. – 1988
A study examined whether the process of gathering verbal reports of subjects' thinking while taking multiple-choice critical thinking tests could be used to infer the reasoning process used and identify test items which do not require critical thinking skills. Four factors can render an inference of a subject's critical thinking skills…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, High School Students, High Schools
Meyers, Joel; And Others – 1989
A study investigated whether a student's repertoire of comprehension-fostering tactics could be reliably identified, with the expectation that this sort of diagnostic profile might serve as a basis for an individualized remedial program. Subjects, 81 second, third, fourth, and fifth grade students enrolled in remedial reading programs in six…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 2, Grade 3
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Dias, Patrick – English Quarterly, 1985
Presents arguments to researching response to poetry that attempts to track the process as it occurs. Describes procedures designed to ensure that the responses that are recorded come close to representing the process by which adolescent readers go about making sense of a poem. (EL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, English Instruction, Group Discussion
Jenkins, Cleo R.; Von Thurn, Dawn – 1996
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The SASS is a set of integrated self-administered surveys designed to obtain national information on all aspects of the school system. The Teacher Listing Form (TLF) is the first in the SASS series. It is sent to the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cognitive Psychology, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Roberts, David D. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1989
Investigates readers' response patterns to informative documents. Finds that readers make direct confirmations and positive comprehension evaluations when information is conveyed clearly; when understanding is impaired, readers seek more clearly established relationships in the text. Concludes that readers make evaluative suggestions that…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis, Reader Response
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Pugh, Malcolm; Lock, Roger – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1989
The development of a framework for analyzing pupil talk is described and the reliability of scoring transcribed conversions using the framework discussed. Definitions and examples of the terms used in the framework are appended. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Biology, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Interrater Reliability
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Gordon, Christine J. – English Quarterly, 1988
Reports a study, using sixth graders' introspective self-reports, to determine the context in which students use knowledge about narrative text structure, how they use this knowledge, and why they do not always employ this knowledge. (RAE)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 6, Literacy, Narration
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Moore, Penny – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1995
Cognitive and metacognitive demands of initial information gathering for elementary school research assignments were studied for 23 6th graders during think-aloud/concurrent interviews. Results support the view that information retrieval and use in libraries is a problem solving task requiring flexible application of various forms of knowledge.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
Taylor, David; Clark, Ruth – Performance and Instruction, 1992
Discussion of differences between problem-solving techniques of novices and experts suggests that both the experts' mental model and common novice problems can be derived from analyses of several expert and novice protocols. Three instructional strategies based on these differences are discussed, including the use of a computer simulation to solve…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation
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Huer, Mary Blake – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1997
Presents a culturally sensitive four-part augmentative and alternative communication assessment protocol. The protocol is inclusive, emphasizing the need to address cultural features directly, and it includes a self-assessment for all practitioners before they engage in the delivery of services to children from different cultural backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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Maldonado, Hector; Romano, Arturo; Merlo, Emiliano; Freudenthal, Ramiro – Learning & Memory, 2005
Several studies support that stored memories undergo a new period of consolidation after retrieval. It is not known whether this process, termed reconsolidation, requires the same transcriptional mechanisms involved in consolidation. Increasing evidence supports the participation of the transcription factor NF-[Kappa]B in memory. This was…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, Recall (Psychology), Long Term Memory, Animals
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Dewey, Dan P. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2004
To investigate the role of context in reading development, a comparison of reading comprehension and processes was conducted between learners of Japanese as a second language in study abroad (SA; n = 15) and intensive domestic (in the United States) immersion (IM; n = 15) contexts. A significant difference was found between contexts in pretest to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Japanese, Language Research
Takagaki, Toshiyuki – TESL Canada Journal, 2003
This case study investigated the revising patterns and intentions in L1 and L2 of Japanese writers with various writing experiences. Three participants were selected through purposeful sampling to do within-case comparisons. One participant was an experienced writer in both Japanese and English; one was an experienced writer in Japanese, but not…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Revision (Written Composition), Essays, Case Studies
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Nassaji, Hossein – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2003
This study examines the use of strategies and knowledge sources in L2 lexical inferencing and their relationship with inferential success. Data consist of introspective and retrospective think-aloud protocols of 21 intermediate ESL learners who attempted to infer new word meanings from context. Analysis reveals that (a) overall, the rate of…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Gandole, Y. B. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
Effective evaluation of educational software is a key issue for successful introduction of advanced tools in the curriculum. This paper details to developing and evaluating a tool for computer assisted learning of science laboratory courses. The process was based on the generic instructional system design model. Various categories of educational…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Software, Institutes (Training Programs)
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