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Working Memory, Performance and Learner Characteristics
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Hindal, Huda; Reid, Norman; Badgaish, Manal – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
A range of characteristics of learners is described and their relationship to working memory discussed in the context of teaching and learning in the sciences. The characteristics are extent of field dependency, visual spatial abilities, divergency and convergency. These learner characteristics were measured for a large sample of school pupils…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, Sciences, Students
Determining the Intra-Personal Meaning of "Regulation" and "Equilibrium" by Means of Analyses of Subjects' Associate Fields.
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Jungwirth, Ehud – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1986
Describes the method used to probe students' associative meaning of the concepts of regulation and equilibrium. Results from students of grades 6, 9, and 11 and student teachers of biology indicated that a discrepancy exists between connotative meanings and cultural, standardized meanings. (ML)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Biology, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Research into "Alternative Frameworks": Promise and Problems.
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Head, John – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1986
Offers perspectives on research related to students' ideas about science prior to instruction. Discusses possible origins of prior knowledge, the requirements for conceptual change, and reviews instructional implications. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education