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Direct linkNorton, Anderson; Wilkins, Jesse L. M. – Cognition and Instruction, 2013
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of particular instructional practices that support students' constructions of the partitive unit fraction scheme and measurement concepts for fractions. Another body of research has demonstrated the power of a particular mental operation--the splitting operation--in supporting students'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 6, Grade 7, Algebra
Peer reviewedKuhn, Deanna; Black, John; Keselman, Alla; Kaplan, Danielle – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Investigated intervention effects on mental models of multivariable causality in middle school students involved in inquiry learning. Found that inquiry learning promoted a correct mental model based on additive effects of individual features and a meta-strategic understanding of the need to control influences of other features. Also found…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning, Inquiry
Peer reviewedSmith, Carol L.; Maclin, Deborah; Houghton, Carolyn; Hennessey, M. Gertrude – Cognition and Instruction, 2000
Assessed the impact of elementary science experiences on the development of sixth-graders' epistemological views. Found that, compared to students in a traditional science classroom, those in a constructivist classroom developed an epistemological stance toward science that focused on the central role of ideas in the knowledge acquisition process.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
