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Fourth Graders' Heuristic Problem-Solving Behavior.
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Lee, Kil S. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1982
Eight boys and eight girls from a rural elementary school participated in the investigation. Specific heuristics were adopted from Polya; and the students selected represented two substages of Piaget's concrete operational stage. Five hypotheses were generated, based on observed results and the study's theoretical rationale. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Intellectual Abilities That Discriminate Good and Poor Problem Solvers.
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Meyer, Ruth Ann – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1981
This study compared good and poor fourth-grade problem solvers on a battery of 19 "reference" tests for verbal, induction, numerical, word fluency, memory, perceptual speed, and simple visualization abilities. Results suggest verbal, numerical, and especially induction abilities are important to successful mathematical problem solving.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Children's Ability to Draw Inferences from Text.
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Mazor, Aviva; Yussen, Steven R. – 1983
Two experiments were conducted to test the hypotheses that the ability to draw inferences from a text about an unstated agent is based on the quality of information available to the reader, and that the quality of the information is itself based on the unique nature of cues embedded in the text and on the relevance of prior knowledge held by the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Elementary Education, Grade 2
The Function of Direct and Vicarious Reinforcement in Human Learning.
Owens, Carl R.; And Others – 1981
The role of reinforcement has long been an issue in learning theory. The effects of reinforcement in learning were investigated under circumstances which made the information necessary for correct performance equally available to reinforced and nonreinforced subjects. Fourth graders (N=36) were given a pre-test of 20 items from the Peabody Picture…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Grade 4
The Integration of Psycholinguistic and Discourse Processing Theories of Reading Comprehension.
Beebe, Mona J. – 1984
To assess the compatibility of miscue analysis and recall analysis as independent elements in a theory of reading comprehension, a study was performed that operationalized each theory and separated its components into measurable units to allow empirical testing. A cueing strategy model was estimated, but the discourse processing model was broken…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
LINEAR STRUCTURAL MODELS FOR RESPONSE AND LATENCY PERFORMANCE IN ARITHMETIC. PSYCHOLOGY SERIES, TECHNICAL REPORT NO. 100.
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SUPPES, PATRICK; AND OTHERS – 1966
A LEARNING MODEL TO IDENTIFY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF A PROBLEM ITEM WAS SUPPORTED EMPIRICALLY, AND INDICATED THAT THE NUMBER OF STEPS REQUIRED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE IN PREDICTING BOTH ERROR PROBABILITY AND RESPONSE LATENCY. THE MODEL, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH DIFFERENTIAL PREDICTIONS OF DIFFICULTY IN…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation