Dissertations / Theses: 'Instruction cognitive'

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Whittington, Melena Sue. "Aspired cognitive level of instruction, assessed cognitive level of instruction and attitude toward teaching at higher cognitive levels." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1303143729.

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Brazas, Michael L. "Cognitive load theory and programmed instruction." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001011.

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Owens, Paul School of English UNSW. "Cognitive load theory and music instruction." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of English, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/22994.

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Cognitive load theory assumes that effective instructional design is subject to the mechanisms that underpin our cognitive architecture and that understanding is constrained by the processing capacity of a limited working memory. This thesis reports the results of six experiments that applied the principles of cognitive load theory to the investigation of instructional design in music. Across the six experiments conditions differed by modality (uni or dual) and/or the nature of presentation (integrated or adjacent; simultaneous or successive). In addition, instructional formats were comprised of either two or three sources of information (text, auditory musical excerpts, musical notation). Participants were academically able Year 7 students with some previous musical experience. Following instructional interventions, students were tested using auditory and/or written problems; in addition, subjective ratings and efficiency measures were used as indicators of mental load. Together, Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated the benefits of both dual-modal (dual-modality effect) and physically integrated formats over the same materials presented as adjacent and discrete information sources (split-attention effect), confirming the application of established cognitive load effects within the domain of music. Experiment 3 compared uni-modal formats, consisting of auditory rather than visual materials, with their dual-modal counterparts. Although some evidence for a modality effect was associated with simultaneous presentations, the uni-modal format was clearly superior when the same materials were delivered successively. Experiment 4 compared three cognitively efficient instructional formats in which either two or three information sources were studied. There was evidence that simultaneously processing all three sources overwhelmed working memory, whereas an overlapping design that delayed the introduction of the third source facilitated understanding. Experiments 5 and 6 varied the element interactivity of either two- or three- source formats and demonstrated the negative effects of splitting attention between successively presented instructional materials. Theoretical implications extend cognitive load principles to both the domain of music and across a range of novel instructional formats; future research into auditory only formats and the modality effect is suggested. Recommendations for instructional design highlight the need to facilitate necessary interactions between mutually referring musical elements and to maintain intrinsic cognitive load within working memory capacity.

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Noble, Rhonda. "An assessment of student cognition in basic instruction bowling classes." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2539.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2002.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 152, [25] p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-152).

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Cheng, San Chye. "Effects of Socio-Cognitive Conflicts on Group Cognition and Group Performance." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13383546.

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Socio-cognitive conflict is a mechanism that drives cognitive development/learning in collaborative learning. Such conflicts occur when individuals have different perspectives on the same problem. To adequately solve problems, groups face the challenge of integrating different perspectives, which when successful can result in an increase in shared knowledge (i.e., knowledge convergence), an intermediate process-related collaborative learning outcome. Knowledge convergence plays an important role in explaining the quality of group performance, an ultimate collaborative learning outcome. However, students do not always learn from one another in groups, with studies revealing variability in collaborative learning outcomes. Among other factors, their communication can be unproductive or productive. This mixed evidence could be because: (1) interactions have not been analyzed using instruments developed with theoretical and empirical underpinnings within a socio-cognitive conflict paradigm to measure a comprehensive range of socio-cognitive processes; and (2) it is insufficient to assign group tasks without providing any scaffolding. My study acknowledges these issues and uses a randomized experimental design that aims to: (1) Test out a script that strives to scaffold interactions to generate collaborative socio-cognitive processes. To analyze interactions, my study uses an instrument capable of identifying a comprehensive range of socio-cognitive processes; and (2) Examine the effect of socio-cognitive processes on knowledge convergence and consequently on the quality of group performance. Findings suggest that the script offers a promising way to facilitate the type of productive communication to make group-work beneficial. It generated interactions with collaborative socio-cognitive processes. Additionally, the frequency of collaborative socio-cognitive processes is positively related to the increase in shared knowledge in terms of the number of similar elements and statements members had in common after dyads’ interactions. Also, the increase in the number of similar elements is positively related to the quality of dyads’ performance, whereas there is no corresponding effect for statements. Implications for designing collaborative learning activities include requiring the duration of students’ interactions to be long enough to have sufficient collaborative socio-cognitive processes so as to have substantial knowledge convergence and higher quality of group performance. Future studies include addressing issues regarding measurement accuracy in analyzing chat-logs and knowledge convergence.

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Tobias, Cindel K. "Complex instruction giving students the education they deserve /." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2010. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession89-10MIT/Tobias_CKMiT2010.pdf.

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Chan, Ting-man Samuel, and 陳定文. "Fostering process approach to Chinese writing through cognitive strategy instruction." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31961460.

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Lau, Ka-ming, and 劉家明. "Cognitive reading strategies instruction for children with specific language impairment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48273624.

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The primarily goal of this study was to examine the patterns of cognitive and language processing of children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and how they related to their text comprehension, interpreted within constructivism. The study aimed to characterize the difference in language, character decoding, metacognitive processing and text comprehension between children with SLI and those under typical development; to identify the inter-relationships among their language processing, character decoding, metacognitive processing and text comprehension; and to investigate how the implementation of cognitive reading strategies instruction change their language processing, character decoding, metacognitive processing, belief towards reading and text comprehension. Two studies were carried out. In Study One, 73 participants were recruited from two Hong Kong primary schools; they were at second and third grade, 42 were diagnosed of SLI and the other were under typical development. Standardized instruments were used to tap children’s language processing and character decoding respectively. Researcher developed Metacognitive Processing Scale were adopted to rate their metacognitive and deep processing of text. A set of comprehension test, comprised of forced-choice inferential questions and two recall tasks, were used to assess their depth in understanding different types of text. Analyses indicated that SLI students did not only score poorer in language processing, but also in character decoding, metacognitive processing and text comprehension. Further analyses of both the entire sample and the SLI sample, indicated that there were significant correlations between character decoding, language processing, metacognitive processing with children’s text comprehension scores. In Study Two, there were 40 participants recruited from the SLI sample of the Study One. Cognitive reading strategy instruction program were developed. 21 participants was randomly selected to receive the experimental instruction and the another 19 were under conventional instruction as control. Besides the measures used in the Study One, interviews and teacher-reporting questionnaires were used to tap children’s belief towards reading and their classroom engagement. Analysis of pre-instruction and post-instruction tests indicated the experimental children showed significantly better progress on their oral language, text comprehension and belief about reading. Both the experimental and the control group showed similar progress on character decoding. The study offers both theoretical and educational contribution on the literacy development among the population of SLI. It identifies the role of metacognitive processing on literacy achievement. It provides the evidence of implementing cognitively-based reading strategies for literacy instruction for children with SLI within Chinese context. Upon the introduction of inclusive education, teachers now face students with much wider diversity, including a significant number of children with SLI. Possible collaboration between frontline teachers and speech therapists in designing potential classroom activities is discussed.
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Chan, Ting-man Samuel. "Fostering process approach to Chinese writing through cognitive strategy instruction." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22278308.

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Pate, Shari Ann. "Web tools: An aid for cognitive learning." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2777.

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The purpose of this project is to provide students and teachers with a disk of tools to aide in the development of Web pages either in the classroom or through online (distance education) learning. Many of the tools supplied on this disk have been field tested in a high school Web design class. When students are allowed to be creative and are able to fuse interesting visual displays the results can be significant in increasing cognitive and multiple intelligences skills.

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Huxford, Dane E. "The relative efficacy of computer assisted instruction." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=881.

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Ruzicka, Dennis Edward Neuleib Janice. "Cognitive style and individualized instruction in a community college composition program." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9914573.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1998.
Title from title page screen, viewed July 11, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Janice Neuleib (chair), Julia Visor, Jerry Weber, Heather Graves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-176) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Pawley, Duncan Medway Education Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "A cognitive load approach to instruction in formation of algebraic equations." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Education, 2004. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20494.

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In a series of five experiments, the effectiveness of using worked examples to teach grade 8 and 9 students the process of translating a written sentence into an algebraic equation, was examined from a cognitive load perspective. The first experiment compared the use of worked examples with a problemsolving strategy. Both for higher and lower levels of prior knowledge in mathematics, the worked examples format group performed significantly better than the problemsolving group. In experiment 2 the worked examples format was compared with an ??algorithm?? method for teaching students to write equations. No significant differences were found in performance on similar questions at either the higher or the lower levels of prior knowledge. However, for transfer questions and questions testing understanding, the performance of the worked examples format was significantly better than that of the algorithm format for the higher level of prior knowledge, though differences were not significant for the lower level. In experiment 3 worked examples using two different methods of checking the translation, the ??comparison?? method and the ??substitution?? method, were compared. No significant differences were found between the two methods for either knowledge group. In experiments 4 and 5 it was shown that grade 8 and 9 students were initially disadvantaged by the inclusion of a checking method. However, after a more substantial period of acquisition, for the students with a lower level of prior knowledge, those who received checking instructions performed significantly better than did those who did not receive such instructions. In contrast, higher knowledge students were continually disadvantaged by the inclusion of a checking method. Higher knowledge students receiving checking instructions experienced a significantly higher cognitive load than did those not receiving them, as shown by a measure of mental effort. The positive effect of checking for lower knowledge students and the negative effect for higher knowledge students in this domain is a further example of the expertise reversal effect. Evidence was found that the inclusion of checking instructions led to a redundancy effect for higher knowledge learners and caused retroactive inhibition for all learners.

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Wang, Fu-Chuan. "An integration of cognitive academic language proficiency and content-based instruction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2297.

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Donaghy, Tana Eileen. "Instruction of Students With Disabilities Cognitively Functioning Below Age 2." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1619.

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The Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act requires students with disabilities to show progress on the same standards as their nondisabled peers without indicating how teachers should accomplish this goal. Many teachers lack the skills needed to address the unique learning challenges of students who are cognitively functioning below 2 years of age. This study used a qualitative exploratory case study design. The purpose of this study was to explore what was hindering teachers from providing grade level standards-based instruction for their students with multiple disabilities. Piaget's constructivist theory guided this study. Research questions were used to elicit how teachers were providing standard-based instruction and how they were determining strategies for course delivery. Data collection included semi structured interviews with 20 special education teachers who were selected using purposive sampling and who had at least 3 years of experience working with students who had multiple disabilities and had cognitive functioning levels below 2 years of age. Observations of the instructional practices of these teachers were also conducted. Data were analyzed using Hatch's typology; according to study results, teachers based instructional decisions on their individual beliefs about students, personal level of content knowledge, and custodial needs of students due to disabilities. In classroom observations, there was a lack of grade-level content. A professional development-training plan for teachers was created on standards-based content to shift perceptions about students and to develop appropriate instructional strategies. The social change implications of this study will benefit teachers by providing students with disabilities access to standards-based curriculum instruction to meet legislative requirements.

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Falk, Jeremy M. "DESCRIBING COGNITIVE LEVEL OF INSTRUCTOR DISCOURSE, ATTITUDES, AND ASPIRATIONS, AND STUDENT CONTENT RETENTION DURING A SECONDARY ANIMAL SCIENCE UNIT OF INSTRUCTION." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275400070.

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Steketee, Carole N. "Exploring conditions for the effective implementation and use of computerised cognitive tools." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/716.

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In recent times, the term cognitive tool has been applied to computer technology that promotes reflective thinking and student-regulated learning. The interactive qualities of cognitive tools, and their ability to visually represent students' knowledge construction processes, promotes cognitive and metacognitive thinking and fosters learning for understanding. When used appropriately, cognitive tools are purported to bring about advanced cognitive gains through the amplification and augmentation of thinking and learning. These gains, however, have not been widespread given that information on how to use cognitive tools appropriately has largely eluded educators to date. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to identify an implementation framework that facilitated effective use of cognitive tools such that their potential could be maximised. This framework, which emerged from the literature, was based on a social constructivist perspective of learning where discourse and collaboration were highly valued, and students were encouraged to distribute their learning across social, physical, symbolic and intellectual resources. Known as a distributed learning environment (DLE) framework, it also permitted Insight into the extent to which cognitive tools, when used appropriately, contributed to student learning. Using action research methodology, this framework was implemented on two separate occasions into a fourth year tertiary unit. In keeping with the specific features of the DLE framework, modifications were made to the characteristics of the teaching contexts, which ultimately influenced the ways in which the students approached class activities and their learning in general. In both instances, data was collected from collaborative groups by recording and transcribing their discussions during class activities. Student interviews were also conducted and transcriptions were made of their self-reflective journals. The purpose of the first implementation was to determine the success of the framework in terms of the extent to which it encouraged students to distribute their learning to resources within the classroom. While there were varying degrees of distribution, the data suggests that the students relied heavily on many resources to support their understanding of the unit material. Based on these encouraging findings, the second Implementation proceeded and the DLE framework was used as a catalyst for the introduction of a cognitive tool called Inspiration® into the same unit the following semester. The activities within this unit were based on collaborative group work, the understandings from which were built into a concept-map that each group created for the five modules within the unit. Discourse analysis revealed that this setting enhanced student learning in that deep level socio-cognitive processes were frequently present within the collaborative groups' dialogue. By forming visual, metacognitive, collaborative and motivational partnerships with the cognitive tool, the groups were able to place structure and coherency in their dialogue, identify gaps in their understandings and take the appropriate steps towards integrating knowledge. The major Implication to emerge from this study is that the DLE framework successfully supported the inherent qualities associated with the cognitive tool. Although extensive, its features present educators with a practical opportunity to operationalise current learning theory in their classrooms and, at the same time, implement an environment that embraces and advances the learning benefits associated with cognitive tools.

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Castelli, Courtney. "Balanced Literacy Instruction for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities| Barriers to Implementation." Thesis, McKendree University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10743339.

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Abstract Currently, students with significant cognitive disabilities (SCD) are predominately exposed to a functional curriculum commonly delivered through behaviorists? methods (Keefe & Copeland, 2011). The most recent research has established that students with SCD who are presented with a high-quality comprehensive approach comparable to the best practices associated with general education practices can and do make positive gains in literacy skills (Bock, 2013; Browder, Ahlgrim-Delzell, Courtade, & Flowers, 2008; Erickson, Clendon, Abraham, Roy, & Van de Karr, 2005; Koppenhaver& Erickson, 2003,). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine potential barriers to implementing a comprehensive balanced literacy instructional program to students with SCD. The central question in this study was, what are the barriers to implementing a balanced literacy approach for students with significant cognitive disabilities? Three research questions guided the study, 1) What is the current knowledge base and understandings of administrators and teachers as it relates to teaching literacy skills to students with significant cognitive disabilities, how is this knowledge acquired, and how has it changed over time, 2) what are the perceived needs that need to be fulfilled in order for a systemic shift from a functional literacy curriculum to a balanced literacy curriculum approach to occur, and 3) how does the efficacy and beliefs held by teachers and administrators relate to the translation from research to practices as it corresponds to literacy instruction? Data was collected through interviews with administrators, special education teachers, and researchers. The analysis of the data from this study lead to the emergence of five key themes related to potential implementation barriers: acquisition of knowledge, current perspectives and understanding of literacy education, factors influencing curriculum decisions, high quality and relevant resources and supports, and systemic changes.

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Miller, Charles. "Cognitive levels of instruction and student performance in college of agriculture courses." Connect to resource, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1260553458.

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Chitepo, Thokozile 1961. "Cognitive processes in the acquisition of knowledge from science instruction in Zimbabwe." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66075.

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Lee, Chun-wah, and 李振華. "Effects of cognitive strategy instruction on reading comprehension foracademically low achieving students." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196106X.

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Fournier, Helene. "Design and planning in the development of computer-based instruction." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26266.

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This study has taken a problem solving approach in identifying the cognitive processes involved in designing computer-based instruction. The problem space essentially contains considerations of instructional goals and constraints, technological resources, and theoretical considerations. The problem space was augmented by an analysis of the strategic processes relevant in instructional design, in particular planning, and by an analysis of one specific technological resource, HyperCard. Concurrent think-aloud verbal protocols and computer operations protocols (video recordings of the users' interactions with the computer) were gathered from three university students enrolled in an educational technology course on developing courseware. Subjects were using HyperCard to develop instructional environments for individual course projects. The transcribed protocols were analyzed using a coding scheme based on the instructional-design problem space and planning model. Two types of analyses are reported: proportions of segments concerning different types of design and planning operations and descriptive representations of overall protocol goal structures and plans. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

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Burkes, Kate M. Erland Allen Jeff M. "Applying cognitive load theory to the design of online learning." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3698.

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McKay, Elspeth, and elspeth@rmit edu au. "Instructional strategies integrating cognitive style construct: A meta-knowledge processing model." Deakin University. School of Computing and Mathematics, 2000. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20061011.122556.

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The overarching goal of this dissertation was to evaluate the contextual components of instructional strategies for the acquisition of complex programming concepts. A meta-knowledge processing model is proposed, on the basis of the research findings, thereby facilitating the selection of media treatment for electronic courseware. When implemented, this model extends the work of Smith (1998), as a front-end methodology, for his glass-box interpreter called Bradman, for teaching novice programmers. Technology now provides the means to produce individualized instructional packages with relative ease. Multimedia and Web courseware development accentuate a highly graphical (or visual) approach to instructional formats. Typically, little consideration is given to the effectiveness of screen-based visual stimuli, and curiously, students are expected to be visually literate, despite the complexity of human-computer interaction. Visual literacy is much harder for some people to acquire than for others! (see Chapter Four: Conditions-of-the-Learner) An innovative research programme was devised to investigate the interactive effect of instructional strategies, enhanced with text-plus-textual metaphors or text-plus-graphical metaphors, and cognitive style, on the acquisition of a special category of abstract (process) programming concept. This type of concept was chosen to focus on the role of analogic knowledge involved in computer programming. The results are discussed within the context of the internal/external exchange process, drawing on Ritchey's (1980) concepts of within-item and between-item encoding elaborations. The methodology developed for the doctoral project integrates earlier research knowledge in a novel, interdisciplinary, conceptual framework, including: from instructional science in the USA, for the concept learning models; British cognitive psychology and human memory research, for defining the cognitive style construct; and Australian educational research, to provide the measurement tools for instructional outcomes. The experimental design consisted of a screening test to determine cognitive style, a pretest to determine prior domain knowledge in abstract programming knowledge elements, the instruction period, and a post-test to measure improved performance. This research design provides a three-level discovery process to articulate: 1) the fusion of strategic knowledge required by the novice learner for dealing with contexts within instructional strategies 2) acquisition of knowledge using measurable instructional outcome and learner characteristics 3) knowledge of the innate environmental factors which influence the instructional outcomes This research has successfully identified the interactive effect of instructional strategy, within an individual's cognitive style construct, in their acquisition of complex programming concepts. However, the significance of the three-level discovery process lies in the scope of the methodology to inform the design of a meta-knowledge processing model for instructional science. Firstly, the British cognitive style testing procedure, is a low cost, user friendly, computer application that effectively measures an individual's position on the two cognitive style continua (Riding & Cheema,1991). Secondly, the QUEST Interactive Test Analysis System (Izard,1995), allows for a probabilistic determination of an individual's knowledge level, relative to other participants, and relative to test-item difficulties. Test-items can be related to skill levels, and consequently, can be used by instructional scientists to measure knowledge acquisition. Finally, an Effect Size Analysis (Cohen,1977) allows for a direct comparison between treatment groups, giving a statistical measurement of how large an effect the independent variables have on the dependent outcomes. Combined with QUEST's hierarchical positioning of participants, this tool can assist in identifying preferred learning conditions for the evaluation of treatment groups. By combining these three assessment analysis tools into instructional research, a computerized learning shell, customised for individuals' cognitive constructs can be created (McKay & Garner,1999). While this approach has widespread application, individual researchers/trainers would nonetheless, need to validate with an extensive pilot study programme (McKay,1999a; McKay,1999b), the interactive effects within their specific learning domain. Furthermore, the instructional material does not need to be limited to a textual/graphical comparison, but could be applied to any two or more instructional treatments of any kind. For instance: a structured versus exploratory strategy. The possibilities and combinations are believed to be endless, provided the focus is maintained on linking of the front-end identification of cognitive style with an improved performance outcome. My in-depth analysis provides a better understanding of the interactive effects of the cognitive style construct and instructional format on the acquisition of abstract concepts, involving spatial relations and logical reasoning. In providing the basis for a meta-knowledge processing model, this research is expected to be of interest to educators, cognitive psychologists, communications engineers and computer scientists specialising in computer-human interactions.

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Seebo, Elane K. (Elane Kelly). "Comparative Effectiveness of Paired Versus Individual Learning of Cognitive Skills Using Computer-Based Instruction." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1991. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278213/.

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This study examined the comparative effectiveness of learning of cognitive skills when instruction is presented through computer-based instruction using student-to-computer ratios of one-to-one and two-to-one. Effectiveness was gauged through scores on posttests administered subsequent to completion of each of nine computer-based lessons and on a single composite test score.

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Hall, Judith King. "Field Dependence-Independence and Computer-based Instruction in Geography." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27487.

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Research on the cognitive style field dependence-independence establishes its influence on learning and students' outcomes across academic disciplines and at all levels of schooling. Field dependent learners generally perform less well than field independent individuals in most instructional environments. The consequences of cognitive style differences have not been thoroughly pursued by geography educators, and field dependent learners are generally disadvantaged. Review of literature suggests that field dependent learners may perform well in hypermedia-based environments configured to support their learning needs. This study presented geography students with a computer program that contained jigsaw puzzles made from maps and randomly varied the type of interactivity available to learners when solving the puzzles. Field dependent learners were expected to solve the puzzles more quickly and accurately when they were able to interact with the jigsaw puzzle. The interactive treatments provided by the program did not improve the performance of field dependent individuals as expected.
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Rocci, Randy L. "A cognitive and pedagogical evaluation framework for computer-based training." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03sep%5FRocci.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003.
Thesis advisor(s): Thomas Housel, Tony Ciavarelli, Steven Pilnick. Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126). Also available online.

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Moye, Macon Jasper. "The impact of a cognitive strategy on students' composing skills." W&M ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618793.

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Cognitive Process of Instruction (CPOI), a cognitive strategy approach to writing instruction. An important emphasis o f the CPOI approach was a strategy designed to help students build a conceptual framework for the main idea paragraph as a means of improving composing skill.;The sample included 121 fifth grade elementary school students. Intact classes were assigned to the treatment or comparison group. The nonequivalent comparison-group design was used, and data were examined using analysis of covariance. The dependent variable was composing skill as measured by holistic and domain scoring. One null hypothesis was tested to determine whether differences between the experimental and comparison groups were significant at the.05 level of confidence.;The data analysis found that students in the cognitive strategy treatment showed significant difference when compared to comparison group students who were exposed to a modified writing process approach. However, this difference was in a different direction than predicted. Students in the cognitive strategy treatment experienced a decrease in composing score while students in the comparison treatments improved in composing skill. Length of treatment time and cognitive overload were seen as the most plausible explanation.;Recommendations include additional research to determine effect of length of time of treatment on (1) length of composition, (2) number of paragraphs written, and (3) composing skill for low, average, and high achieving students.

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Moench, Judy Norine. "The effects of cognitive and meta-cognitive strategy instruction in decreasing inappropriate behavior in elementary aged students with behavior disorders." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0018/NQ29083.pdf.

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Walton, Donna L. "The impact of computer assisted instruction on sensory cognitive factors in literacy learning." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4380/.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of computer assisted instruction on the development of literacy skills. The effect of instructional methodologies designed to stimulate sensory processing (auditory, visual, and somatic sensory) through information processing activities was analyzed. A software program was designed to present instruction to stimulate learning in one sensory modality, visual processing. Also, the effect of delivery mechanisms on the acquisition of literacy skills was investigated. Three treatment groups and a control group were established to analyze differences: cognitive processing methodologies presented via computer technology, conventional methodologies presented via computer technology, cognitive processing methodologies presented through traditional classroom tools, and a control group. A portable keyboard computer with word processing capabilities was selected to deliver technology-enhanced instruction. Results from this study suggest that activities designed to specifically promote processing in one sensory modality, do not promote acquisition of skills in other regions. There was no change in scores when visual methodologies were applied to auditory and somatic sensory cognitive processing goals. When spelling tests that utilized all sensory modalities were analyzed, visual processing instruction had no effect on achievement. This result was duplicated when tests requiring auditory processing skills were examined. However, when visual processing skills were applied to words requiring sight word memorization techniques, the methodologies improved achievement scores. Therefore, it can be concluded that methodologies increase achievement only if activities are designed to stimulate the sensory cognitive modality that the skill requires. Results of analysis concerning the effect of delivery mechanisms on spelling achievement revealed that technology is a useful tool when used to promote information processing related to the learning goal. Visual cognitive processing activities delivered via computer technology were effective only when practice activities matched instructional objectives. When conventional methods of learning spelling skills were presented utilizing technology, student scores did not increase. It can be concluded that spelling achievement can be improved through the introduction of intelligent software applications if the instructional program is designed to stimulate appropriate cognitive processes and to meet targeted learning objectives. A theory for designing instructional software to meet these criteria, The Integrated Processes Method, was presented.

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McGee, Joel Vick. "Cognitive, demographic, and motivational factors as indicators of help-seeking in supplemental instruction." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2325.

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The purpose of this study was to determine how cognitive, demographic, and motivational factors can be used to understand help-seeking behavior in college students. Specifically, the study examined engagement in Supplemental Instruction (SI) of undergraduate students at Texas A&M University. An additional purpose of the study was to determine the efficacy of SI. The sample for the study was 2,407 undergraduate students who were enrolled in eight randomly selected courses at Texas A&M University in the spring 2004 semester. Students enrolled in multiple course sections were eliminated from the study. The revised sample consisted of 2,297 students. Data collected for all students in the sample included student demographic information, SI attendance and participation, and final course grades. Students were also requested to complete an on-line survey instrument containing a modified version of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and questions related to parent education and household income. Ultimately, 1,003 students from the revised sample submitted surveysfor a response rate of 43.7%. Based on attendance data and participation ratings, students were classified into three engagement groups for subsequent data analysis: high engagement, low engagement, and non-SI. The following were among the major findings from the study: ?? Hispanic students were significantly more engaged in SI than their White peers. ?? Engagement in SI was inversely related to grade level classification. ?? SI participants had significantly lower mean SAT math and verbal scores than students who did not attend SI. ?? The motivational variables as a set had a statistically significant relationship with SI engagement. ?? Extrinsic motivation, organization, academic self-efficacy, control beliefs, help-seeking, and peer learning were the motivational scales which best predicted SI engagement. ?? Students who were highly engaged in SI had significantly higher mean final course grades than either non-participants or low engagement students even controlling for differences in SAT scores, cumulative grade point average, and motivation. The study helps provide some insight into the dynamics of academic help-seeking. It also contributes to the growing body of evidence which shows that SI is an effective intervention for improving student success in traditionally difficult courses.

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Lee, Chun-wah. "Effects of cognitive strategy instruction on reading comprehension for academically low achieving students." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21185189.

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Torcasio, Susannah Marie Education Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "The use of illustrations when learning to read: a cognitive load theory approach." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Education, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43714.

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When students are learning to read, the materials supplied typically will include extensive illustrations. The implicit assumption is that the inclusion of such illustrations will assist students in learning to read. Cognitive load theory suggests that this way of formatting learning materials may not be maximally effective as the inclusion of illustrations with written text constitutes redundant information that may interfere with learning. If working memory resources are devoted to the illustrations rather than the text, as is likely with young children, those resources will be unavailable to decipher the text. The elimination of redundant illustrations may thus enhance learning to read. Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of including illustrations in beginning reading materials. Experiment 1 compared reading materials consisting solely of simple prose passages with materials consisting of the same passages plus informative illustrations depicting the content of each passage. Reading proficiency improved more under the no illustrations condition. Experiment 2 compared the informative illustrations with uninformative illustrations. Reading proficiency improved more using uninformative illustrations. Experiment 3 compared uninformative illustrations with no illustrations and found no significant differences between these conditions. These results were interpreted within a cognitive load theory framework. It was concluded that informative illustrations are redundant and so impose an extraneous working memory load that interferes with learning to read.

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Lee, Sookyoung. "The effects of computer animation and cognitive style on the understanding and retention of scientific explanation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39687.

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Advances in computer technology have made it possible for educators to develop their own multimedia instructional materials using visuals such as animation. Despite the increased use of animation in the multimedia instructional materials, there is still relatively little research regarding the way in which students benefit from the attributes of computer animation. As a result, additional studies on the instructional attributes of animation are required to confirm the animation effect in the learning process. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of animation in the enhancement of the problem-solving and retention of scientific concepts in computer based modules across learners possessing different cognitive styles. In this study, 121 undergraduate and graduate students were classified as field-independent, field-neutral, or field-dependent as a result of their performance on the Group Embedded Figures Test. Participants were randomly assigned to either animation and narration treatment group (N=61) or static visual and narration treatment group (N=60). Problem-solving and recall tests were conducted immediately after the completion of each treatment. Participants receiving an animation treatment performed significantly better than those receiving a static visual treatment on problem-solving but not on recall. Field-dependent students in the animation group generated approximately 40% more correct solutions to the problem-solving test than those in the static visual group. The results of this study indicate that animation may be an effective tool in promoting problemsolving of scientific concepts, especially for field-dependent learners who have difficulty acquiring and processing visual information.
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Pirilä, Kaarina. "Interaction, motivation, and student learning outcomes in E-learning -- do personal differences matter? /." Oulu : [Kajaani : University of Oulu ; INTeL-project], 2008. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1001/2008422945.html.

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Fandino, Emily Christine. "The importance of differentiated instruction to student involvement, motivation, and learning." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3404.

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This study was focused on what differentiated instruction is, what it takes to have a differentiated classroom, and if differentiated instruction really helps increase student motivation, engagement, and learning. Two classes of eighth grade students were taken through the process of differentiating assignments using four ways differentiation can take place: variety, choice, relevance, and centers.

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Kaback, Suzanne. "Lessons from Ellen: A Case Study Investigation of Comprehension Strategy Instruction in Action." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/KabackS2003.pdf.

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Delialioglu, Omer. "Effectiveness Of Hybrid Instruction On Certain Cognitive And Affective Learning Outcomes In A Computer Networks Course." Phd thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605239/index.pdf.

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This study examined the effectiveness of a hybrid instruction in terms of students&rsquo
achievement, knowledge retention, and attitudes towards course content and course satisfaction. An in-depth analysis was done to understand students&rsquo
perceptions about the effective domains of interactive learning, which included pedagogical philosophy, learning theory, goal orientation, task orientation, source of motivation, teacher role, metacognitive support, collaborative learning, and structural flexibility of a hybrid course. In this study quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were used in conjunction. Experimental study was carried out to understand if there is a significant difference between the hybrid course and the traditional course in terms of students&rsquo
achievement, retention, satisfaction, and attitude. Qualitative analysis was done to understand students&rsquo
perceptions about the effective dimensions of interactive learning. The subjects of this study were 50 students in a &ldquo
Computer Networks and Communication&rdquo
course, offered by the Computer Education and Instructional Technologies Department of METU. The control and experimental groups consisted of 24 and 26 students respectively. The students in the experimental group were interviewed one on one at the end of the treatment. The quantitative findings of the study indicated no significant difference between the hybrid course and the traditional course in terms of students&rsquo
achievement, retention, satisfaction, and attitude. The qualitative findings of this study showed that the amount of information supplied in the course web-site, need for metacognitive support, authentic learning activities and collaboration, type and source of motivation, individualized learning and access to internet played important roles in students&rsquo
learning in the hybrid course.

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Albertson, Luann R. "A cognitive-behavioral intervention study : assessing the effects of strategy instruction on story writing /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7710.

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Takir, Aygil. "The Effect Of An Instruction Designed By Cognitive Load Theory Principles On 7th Grade Students&#039." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613345/index.pdf.

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Witt, Paul L. "An Experimental Study of Teachers' Verbal and Nonverbal Immediacy, Student Motivation, and Cognitive Learning in Video Instruction." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2000. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2487/.

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This study used an experimental design and a direct test of recall to provide data about teacher immediacy and student cognitive learning. Four hypotheses and a research question addressed two research problems: first, how verbal and nonverbal immediacy function together and/or separately to enhance learning; and second, how immediacy affects cognitive learning in relation to student motivation. These questions were examined in the context of video instruction to provide insight into distance learning processes and to ensure maximum control over experimental manipulations. Participants (N = 347) were drawn from university students in an undergraduate communication course. Students were randomly assigned to groups, completed a measure of state motivation, and viewed a 15-minute video lecture containing part of the usual course content delivered by a guest instructor. Participants were unaware that the video instructor was actually performing one of four scripted manipulations reflecting higher and lower combinations of specific verbal and nonverbal cues, representing the four cells of the 2x2 research design. Immediately after the lecture, students completed a recall measure, consisting of portions of the video text with blanks in the place of key words. Participants were to fill in the blanks with exact words they recalled from the videotape. Findings strengthened previous research associating teacher nonverbal immediacy with enhanced cognitive learning outcomes. However, higher verbal immediacy, in the presence of higher and lower nonverbal immediacy, was not shown to produce greater learning among participants in this experiment. No interaction effects were found between higher and lower levels of verbal and nonverbal immediacy. Recall scores were comparatively low in the presence of higher verbal and lower nonverbal immediacy, suggesting that nonverbal expectancy violations may have hindered cognitive learning. Student motivation was not found to be a significant source of error in measuring immediacy's effects, and no interaction effects were detected between levels of student motivation, teacher verbal immediacy, and teacher nonverbal immediacy.

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Platten, Arlene Hackl. "Meaningful access to the common core for high school students with significant cognitive disabilities." Thesis, University of Southern California, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3680871.

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This qualitative dissertation explored how high school students with significant cognitive disabilities in the moderate to severe category may receive an appropriate, standards-based education according to federal and state legislation given that they require fundamental living skills as well. It examined the ways their academic and functional learning requirements may be fulfilled through the development and implementation of a comprehensive curriculum consisting of adapted Common Core State Standards, life skills, and community-based instruction. It discussed the concept that students with cognitive disabilities require learning opportunities across a variety of settings, consistent with ecological development theory.

The study posed two key questions: How can high school students with significant cognitive disabilities access the Common Core State Standards in ELA, math, and science through a life-skills oriented, community-based curriculum? How do special education teachers perceive a curriculum emphasizing the integration of life skills and Common Core standards in ELA, math, and science? A research-based thematic curriculum was generated and field-tested on 7 educators of high school and middle school students with moderate to severe disabilities to obtain their perceptions of its feasibility and utility. The educators completed an initial background survey and then examined a voice-over PowerPoint curriculum sample using a curriculum evaluation form to guide their review. Educators were subsequently interviewed to determine their perceptions and check for alignment with previous responses.

Participants generally believed that students with significant cognitive disabilities could meaningfully access adapted versions of the Common Core based on students' level of ability and the provision of necessary supports. Key implications were derived from the findings. Teachers may need to engage in additional training and collaboration to generate customized curricula or modify existing programs to bring about student success. Special education teachers require the support of general education colleagues and local administration to enable the development or implementation of a comprehensively appropriate curriculum for the target population. More research is necessary to determine other ways the Common Core can be adapted for a greater range of ability levels to ensure success for all.

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Halabi, Abdel K. "Applying cognitive load theory concepts to the design and evaluation of CBL materials and feedback in teaching introductory accounting." Monash University, Dept. of Accounting and Finance, 2004. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9653.

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Daniel, Gretchen Elisabeth. "Effects of cognitive strategy instruction on the mathematical problem solving of middle school students with learning disabilities." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1054670621.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 143 p. Includes bibliographical references. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Straub, Carrie. "The Effects of Synchronous Online Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing for Students with Learning Disabilities." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5520.

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This study investigates the effects of self-regulated strategy development (Harris, Graham, & Mason, 2009) for cognitive strategy instruction in persuasive writing (POW+TREE) using a synchronous online learning environment for special education students. Participants are four adolescent students with learning disabilities (LD) with low achievement in writing. One undergraduate research assistant delivered instruction using a synchronous online platform (e.g., Adobe Connect) in conjunction with collaborative writing software (e.g., Google Docs word processing). A multiple probe across participants design was used to demonstrate a functional relationship between instruction and number of essay elements (EE). Number of correct minus incorrect word sequences (CIWS) was used as a secondary dependent measure. A non-experimental pre-post design was used to compare the mean performance of holistic writing quality scores and standard scores from the TOWL-3. All four participants gained EE and CIWS from baseline to treatment and demonstrated standard score changes from pre to post-test on the TOWL-3. Implications for writing instruction for students with LD using online learning environments are discussed.
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Education and Human Performance
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White, Laura Michelle. "An assessment of cognitive level of instruction presented in animal science courses and the impact on development of cognition in undergraduates." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1246566167/.

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Zaldivar, Marc Robert. "Blending cognitive rule-based, process-based, and context-based theories in the development of online grammar instruction." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29533.

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This study proposes to blend contemporary educational research in order to design an online instructional environment. The goal was to create an environment that would better educate learners about grammar use in higher education, given the complexity of the rule learning that was being asked of them. By blending approaches from tested educational research on cognitive information processing theories, schema theories, and situated cognitive theories in order to determine how language rules are best learned, eight design principles were derived for the instructional environment. A prototype of the environment was then developed. Two series of formative evaluations, one with a group of subject-matter experts (teachers, linguists, and instructional designers) and one with a group of students, were run against the instruction. Overall, it was found that a database-driven website employing user-defined variables to customize the instruction for each individual user was a useful way to achieve the goals of the study.
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Chua, Flossie. "How Do Experts and Novices Think About Climate Change? Thinking Routines as Learning and Assessment Tools." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27112690.

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Developments in the last century – the global economy, unprecedented migration patterns, and the digital revolution – have forced a challenging shift in the way we think about what matters most to learn. As traditional systems of learning are substantially challenged and reshaped, consensus is building around the importance of educating for global competence. While much investment has gone into creating frameworks, curricular materials and activities for educating young people for global competence, there are few, if any, assessment tools for assessing students’ global competence that are viable for everyday classroom use. My qualitative study addressed this gap by testing the extent to which thinking routines – micro-interventions that focus attention on specific thinking moves that build global competence – might function as a viable instrument for supporting young people in developing more expert patterns of thinking when engaging with complex issues like climate change. Using a structured protocol with a group of 6 experts and 6 novices, I explored their patterns of thinking as they engaged with a scenario on climate change using two thinking routines. My study revealed that the experts differed from the novices in three principal ways: (1) the experts characteristically viewed climatic events and phenomena through geological time scales, which has important implications for supporting students to understand the shifting baselines for measuring change that tend to be at the heart of controversial and often bitterly contentious issues; (2) the experts reasoned from their identity and worldview as scientists with a moral responsibility to not only provide scientifically accurate information to the public, but also to do so in a responsible way; and (3) they recognized the provisional nature of knowledge, and engaged in cognitively effortful processing of information that relied less on heuristics and more on culturally specific knowledge. My study also found the thinking routines to be effective as a teaching tool: they extended the novices’ substantive attention to the issues, and scaffolded them towards more critical reasoning and complexity in their thinking. The thinking routines also worked well as assessment tools, revealing trends in the novices’ thinking that a general prompt did not.

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Cline, Patricia L. "The effects of modifying teaching methods to accommodate student learning styles." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999clinep.pdf.

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Carter, Adrienne Lynne. "Learning to walk the talk: Cognitive models improve presentation skills." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3026.

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