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El-Hindi, Amelia E.; Childers, Kristyn D. – 1996
This study examined the metacognitive awareness and perceived attributions for academic outcomes for a population of at-risk college students. Participants in this study were 78 university students who, as a condition of re-admittance to the university, were required to enroll in an academic support course. All participants had a grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Attribution Theory, College Students

Penn, Cheryl; Shelley, Sherry; Zaininger, Lucie – 1998
The difficulty students have in transferring what they have learned to "real life" situations is emerging as a major problem. This action research project examined the impact of an intervention to improve transfer of learning by means of student journals and projects, and graphic organizers. Participating in this research were 68…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Grade 7
van Kuyk, Jef J. – 1997
This paper describes the Netherlands' Pyramid Project, a classroom-based early intervention program which integrates nursery school and primary school organization and content for 3- to 6-year-olds who need special support, such as ethnic or language minority (allochtone) children and children from disadvantaged situations. Section 1 of the paper…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Early Childhood Education
Lindner, Reinhard W.; Harris, Bruce – 1992
A working model of self-regulated learning based on the literature was developed together with an inventory of 71 items designed to test the five dimensions of the model: metacognition, learning strategies, motivation, contextual sensitivity, and environmental utilization/control. A five-point Likert scale was used to rank the items. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Diagnostic Tests, Grade Point Average
Anderson, Lorraine Kvistberg; Thomas, Ruth G. – 1992
A constructivist approach to parent education that enabled parents to be active participants in reflection and dialogue processes was tested in a study. Instruction was designed to stimulate and support self-reflection and dialogue processes enabling parents to be active participants in constructing new meanings to their child rearing practices.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dialogs (Language), Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Parent, Sophie; And Others – 1993
This study compared mother-child interactions and investigated how child verbal abilities interact with age to influence maternal scaffolding (teaching) styles in a group of 60 mother-child dyads in which the children were aged 3, 4, and 5 years (20 dyads in each of the 3, 4, and 5 year age groups). The mother-child pairs were filmed completing a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Competence, Early Childhood Education
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1983
The "componential" theory of intelligence explains intelligence in terms of three types of component processes that make up intelligent performance. The first of these, "metacomponents," are the higher-order or executive processes that one uses to plan what one is going to do, monitor what one is doing, and evaluate what one…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
Fellenz, Robert A.; Conti, Gary J. – 1989
The focus of the adult education field is shifting to adult learning. Current trends are the continued development of the concepts of andragogy and self-directed learning, increased emphasis on learning how to learn, and real-life learning. Cognitive psychology is influencing work in adult learning. The concept of intelligence as it relates to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes
Lee, Miheon J. – 1990
This study of 24 third-grade students learning Logo had 3 major research goals: (1) to compare the effects of learner control with those of program control on students' metacognition, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge application, with total subjects; (2) to extend the comparison between learner control and program control by classifying the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Reves, Thea; Levine, Adina – 1990
The development of a model for criterion-referenced mastery reading comprehension tests for university courses in English as a Second Language (ESL) is designed. In the process of developing this model, two major issues were addressed: clarification of the concept of "criteria" within criterion-referenced testing and choice of the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Criterion Referenced Tests, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
Collins, Allan; Brown, John Seely – 1986
Because of its ability to record and represent process, the computer can provide a powerful, motivating, and as yet untapped tool for focusing the students' attention directly on their own thought processes and learning through reflection. Properly abstracted and structured, the computational medium can capture the processes by which a novice or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Environment
Noffke, Susan E.; Brennan, Marie – 1988
This paper attempts to fill some of the gaps in the literature (on reflective teaching), delving further into the meaning and functions of reflection. First, it considers the origins of the term and some aspects of its development. It then analyzes and critiques some of the current notions of reflection. Beginning the process of a more rigorous…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Educational Philosophy
Kupari, Pekka, Ed. – 1987
This fourth yearbook on research on mathematics teaching in Finland contains five articles, four in English and the fifth in German. "Mathematics as a Cognitive Science" (C. Letteri) examines cognitive aspects related to teaching and learning mathematics, with the focus on the different levels of comprehension and an analysis of basic…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Planning
Biggs, John B. – 1987
A common thread in contemporary research in student learning refers to the ways in which students go about learning. A theory of learning is presented that accentuates the interaction between the person and the situation. Research evidence implies a form of meta-cognition called meta-learning, the awareness of students of their own learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen; And Others – 1988
A 3-year study was undertaken to identify the salient features of verbal academic (math and science) language performance of third- and sixth-grade students. The investigation classified both native and nonnative English-speaking students as either effective communicators/responders or unsuccessful communicators/responders. The study examined…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)