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Does Logic Feel Good? Testing for Intuitive Detection of Logicality in Syllogistic Reasoning
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Klauer, Karl Christoph; Singmann, Henrik – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Recent research on syllogistic reasoning suggests that the logical status (valid vs. invalid) of even difficult syllogisms can be intuitively detected via small changes in affective state (Morsanyi & Handley, 2012). In a series of 6 experiments, we replicated effects of logical status on liking ratings of difficult syllogisms (although their…
Descriptors: Replication (Evaluation), Logical Thinking, Likert Scales, Educational Experiments
Fostering the Analytical Competency of Pre-Service Teachers in a Computer-Supported Case-Based Learning Environment: A Matter of Perspective?
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Zottmann, J. M.; Goeze, A.; Frank, C.; Zentner, U.; Fischer, F.; Schrader, J. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Analytical competency in classroom situations can be seen as a crucial aspect of teachers' professional competency. While case-based learning is considered to have great potential for teacher education, particularly with respect to the promotion of teachers' analytical skills, there have been very few attempts to investigate the effects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Processes
Planning Experiments in Science Education Research: Comparison of a Quasi-Experimental Approach with a Matched Pair Tandem Design
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Randler, Christoph; Bogner, Franz X. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2008
The planning of adequate control groups is a central aspect of educational research. Didactical studies, however, are often field studies encountering many problems of everyday classroom teaching? Recent research has indicated that teachers and their beliefs have an enormous influence on learning and retention. Taking this line of evidence…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Field Studies
Improvement of Orthography Test Performance by Relaxation Exercises: Results of a Controlled Field Experiment in Basic Secondary Education
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Krampen, Gunter – Educational Psychology, 2010
The effects of relaxation exercises on orthography performance in language arts education of fifth to seventh graders were experimentally tested. Participants were 399 basic secondary school students and their language arts teachers from the Hauptschule, a German type of secondary education covering grades five to nine that leads to a basic…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Verbal Communication, Language Arts