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Problem-Based Learning and the Development of Metacognition
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Downing, Kevin; Kwong, Theresa; Chan, Sui-Wah; Lam, Tsz-Fung; Downing, Woo-Kyung – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
This study samples first year undergraduates from two programmes at a Hong Kong University (N = 66). One programme uses an entirely problem-based approach to learning and teaching, whilst the other uses more traditional methods. Using the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) as a measure of student perceptions of their thinking, or…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Metacognition, College Freshmen, Conventional Instruction
Measuring Gender Differences in Cognitive Functioning
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Downing, Kevin; Chan, Sui-Wah; Downing, Woo-Kyung; Kwong, Theresa; Lam, Tsz-Fung – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate relationships between gender, A-level scores and scores on the learning and study strategies inventory (LASSI) of undergraduate students. Design/methodology/approach: The participants for this study were selected at random from the overall LASSI sampling exercise and males and females were…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Females, Intelligence Tests, Metacognition