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Everson, Howard T.; And Others – 1992
This study explored the relationship between test anxiety and metacognitive word knowledge on performance on a reading comprehension test. One hundred and seventeen college students completed four paper and pencil measures: (1) a self-report measure of test anxiety; (2) an archival test of reading ability; (3) a metacognitive word knowledge task;…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Metacognition
Kucan, Linda – 1993
A study analyzed think-aloud protocols to investigate and describe what readers who are developing proficiency do as they read. Subjects, three sixth-grade middle-school boys (with grade point averages of 3.0-3.5 on a 4-point scale) from a small West Virginia suburb, read aloud 16 text sections (from one to four sentences in length), thought aloud…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
Bottino, Rosa M.; Cutugno, Paola; Furinghetti, Fulvia – 1998
This paper reports on a project aimed at designing, implementing, and evaluating a hypermedia system, IPER-3, facing the three classical problems in the history of mathematics (i.e., trisection of the angle, quadrature of the circle, and duplication of the cube). The goal of the project is to study the opportunities offered by this kind of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Courseware, Higher Education
Loper, Stephan – 1989
This study was designed to improve spelling performance of 17 mainstreamed elementary special education students by developing self-regulatory mechanisms and by training the regular classroom teacher and parents in ways to meet the handicapped student's learning needs. A variety of intervention techniques was employed including homework…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Homework, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Garcia, Teresa; Pintrich, Paul R. – 1991
This paper presents results of a study that examined the effect of different levels of autonomy upon intrinsic goal orientation, task value, self-efficacy, test anxiety, use of metacognitive strategies, and performance in the college classroom. Study participants were 365 college students from 4 institutions in 10 classrooms: 3 biology (n=162); 3…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College Students
Wright, June L.; Kasten, Barbara J. – 1992
This model of student teacher supervision focuses on providing new lenses through which teacher candidates can view and interpret their own perspectives. The model further assists teacher candidates in broadening their vision to develop an increased awareness of diversity and a need for multiple teaching strategies. This supervision approach…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Hartman, Hope; And Others – 1991
A study investigated the relationships between academic self-concepts, metacognitive problem solving, and ethnicity in entering college freshmen minority men and women. The study hypothesized, first, a positive relationship between metacognitive problem solving skills and academic self-concepts, and second that there would be ethnic differences…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, College Freshmen, Cultural Differences
Moursund, David – 1993
This book is intended for use as a student guide. It is about human problem solving and provides information on how the mind works, placing a major emphasis on the role of computers as an aid in problem solving. The book is written with the underlying philosophy of discovery-based learning based on two premises: first, through the appropriate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Glossaries
Cheung, K. C.; And Others – 1991
This collection of four papers deals with problem solving and the measurement of problem solving. "Climbing Up the Competence Ladder: Some Thoughts on Meaningful Assessment of Problem-Solving Tasks in the Classroom" by K. C. Cheung uses the metaphor of a competence ladder to represent the problem-solving continuum with progressive…
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment
Smagorinsky, Peter – 1991
Educators are now stressing that teaching students to be independent learners who learn to plan, structure and regulate their own learning activities, should be central to instruction. Studying word parts and origins has the potential for metacognitive instruction. Learning about the importance of context clues is also potentially metacognitive,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Barell, John – 1991
The union of thought and feeling, the basis of the concept of "thoughtfulness," is one of the major themes of this book, which is designed to help teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and parents empower students to take more control of their own education and lives. It presents strategies for teaching students about the nature…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Principles
Sinkavich, Frank J. – 1991
The relationships between classroom performance and five possible predictor variables were studied. The ways in which these variables relate to performance in a classroom learning situation were examined, with the hypothesis that attributional style and motivation would be the best predictors of classroom performance. The variables were: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Attribution Theory, Classroom Techniques
Yinger, Robert J.; Clark, Christopher M. – 1983
Comparison was made of the results of three analyses of teacher judgments concerning the selection of curriculum materials for the teaching of writing in elementary school. Twenty-five male and female fourth and fifth grade teachers, with teaching experience ranging from 4 to 33 years, responded to questions on their judgments of the value of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Federico, Pat-Anthony – 1983
An irrelevant auditory probe procedure was used to evoke brain event-related potentials (ERPs) in 56 Navy recruits while they learned pulsed radar concepts presented to them in study booklets. A mastery test was administered to assess concept acquisition. The research issue was whether brain ERPs recorded while students are in the process of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Brain, Cerebral Dominance
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Catterall, James S. – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2005
This article explores transfer of learning in the arts to non-arts learning. The analysis is presented in the context of theories of knowledge acquisition more generally. Behavioral and neuro-function processes are discussed.
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Interpersonal Communication, Art Education, Metacognition
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