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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"problem-solving task"”.
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Novel metacognitive problem-solving task for 8- to 11-year-old students
… of cognitive processes, decision making, problem-solving and learning. Despite the widespread interest in metacognition, measuring metacognition in children poses a significant challenge. Some qualitative and observational measures exist, but they are restricted by the number of components …
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Context dependent memory for relaxing conditions
… conditions participants completed a free recall task and a problem-solving task called the Tower of Hanoi. For all testing conditions participants completed a free recall task, a cued recall task, and a problem-solving task called the Tower of Hanoi. For the relaxing condition, the experimenter …
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Effect Of Expert Modeling On Ill-Structured Problem Solving In An Undergraduate General Education Honors Course
… <p>Effect of Expert Modeling on Ill-Structured Problem Solving in an Undergraduate General Education </p> <p>Honors Course</p> <p> by</p> <p>Minakshi Lahiri</p> <p> May 2016 </p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Ke Zhang</p> <p>Major: Instructional Technology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This …
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An Exploration of Technical Troubleshooting Expertise in Design, Manufacturing, and Repair Contexts
… production, and repair) that reflect distinct problem solving task environments, in an effort to provide a more precise definition of the boundaries of expertise in electronics troubleshooting and the relationship of context to the development of troubleshooting instruction. Based on the …
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Socialization and problem-solving in domestic cats (Felis catus)
… humans and rearing environment can enhance their problem-solving ability. According to the social intelligence hypothesis, which states that intelligence evolved due to complex social environments, an animal’s social life should result in higher cognitive abilities. Domestic cats are capable of …
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Individual and Group Goal Setting for Individual Task Performance
… of individual and group goal setting for the task performance of individuals. In the first experiment, goal setting occurred for a problem-solving task and an error-checking task. For both tasks, two versions were constructed to reflect low and high task difficulty. The general expectation …
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Problem-solving capabilities as a test of predator adaptability: A comparision of bobcats (Lynx rufus) and Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
… In this study, we compared performance on a problem-solving task in which subjects must obtain food rewards by avoiding traps designed to catch the food. All subjects showed significant place conditioning and food trap avoidance. Bobcats were more likely to obtain food than Canada lynx and …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF US AND CHINESE PROSPECTIVE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ PROBLEM POSING WHEN INTERACTING WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES
<p>This study examined the patterns of problem posing shown by United States (US) and Chinese prospective elementary teachers during problem-posing processes when problem-solving activities were involved in an alternating manner. It further explored the features of the relationship between problem …
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Parenting behavior and executive function in children with Down syndrome
… participated in the Parent-Child Challenge Task to assess behaviors of both the parent and child during a challenging problem-solving task. Parent directive and teaching behaviors were coded, along with child compliance and noncompliance. Child participants completed the pony/gator task, a …
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Transfer of information : is relational processing the answer?
… of information from a learning situation to a problem solving task. In particular, the effect of relational processing upon the transfer of information to the solution of insight problems was considered.The design of the study was a five by two factorial design. Within this design the …
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THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC AMPLITUDE AND CONSUMERS' SEX ON
… using a questionnaire consisting of three parts: problem-solving task (Part I), demographic questions (Part II), questions regarding perception of time and preference for the music (Part III). The impact of music amplitude and participants' sex on subjective perception of wait time was examined …
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MEASURING THE IMPACT OF THE MICRONEGOTIATION TECHNIQUE ON TEAM MEMBER SATISFACTION AND TEAM PERFORMANCE
… team to achieve maximum performance. Research on task conflict and relationship conflict by de Wit, Greer, and Jehn (2012) found that while in many cases task conflict and relationship conflict within teams can have a negative effect on team performance, in some situations, task conflict …
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Expertise in Group Problem -Solving: Recognition, Social Combination, and Performance
… group members to recognize member expertise, the problem solving task should have three characteristics (demonstrability, consistency, and difficulty) and the problem solving situation should have three additional characteristics (status equality, available diagnostic information, and member/task …
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Developing knowledge for real world problem scenarios : using 3D gaming technology within a problem-based learning framework
Problem-based learning is an instructional strategy that emphasises active and experiential learning through problem-solving activity. Using gaming technologies to embed this approach in a three-dimensional (3D) simulation environment provides users with a dynamic, responsive, visually engaging, …
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The Effect of Individual Versus Collective Creative Problem Solving Experiences on Fourth- and Fifth-grade Students' Compositional Products.
… vs. collective structured creative musical problem solving tasks had on students' compositional products. Subjects in a convenience sample of 32 fourth-graders and 32 fifth-graders were randomly assigned to either the individual or collective condition. The 3 treatment sessions were …
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The role of playful practice for learning in the early years
… for children to carry out a convergent problem solving task. Results from these studies showed that children assigned to playful practice conditions exhibited superior performance when solving a task and behaviours conducive to learning compared to children in formal practice conditions. …
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ADHD and Reasoning Performance: Bridging the Gap between Science and the Classroom
… by asking both groups to solve 24 base-rate problems (12 conflict, 12 non-conflict) that included a response instruction manipulation of answering either with “beliefs” or “statistics.” Participants also completed the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT), a three-item problem-solving task that …
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Informed selection and use of training examples for knowledge refinement.
… selection of training examples. The refinement task is sufficiently complex that the space of possible refinements demands a heuristic search. Refinement tools typically use hill-climbing search to identify suitable repairs but run the risk of getting caught in local optima. A novel contribution …
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False memory production: effects of self-consistent false information and motivated cognition
… participated in Study 2) participated in a team problem solving task (the to-be-remembered event) and returned a week later for a "questionnaire" session during which a narrative was read that contained self-consistent or self-discrepant false information. In both studies, chi-square analyses …
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