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Showing 1 to 20 of 162 for “"think-aloud"”.
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The use of Think Aloud Protocol to Investigate Golfers Decision Making Processes
… performance. Ericsson and Simon (1993) proposed Think Aloud (TA) protocol analysis as a tool for collecting concurrent data of cognitive processes. As a result this thesis aimed to investigate the efficacy of this method for the collection of decision making data in sport using a self-paced sport …
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Exploring and monitoring interviewers' cognitive processes of decision making using think aloud method
… introduces a psychological method termed “think aloud method (TAM)” to explore ICP when completing an interview decision-making task. Specifically, the research first tested and confirmed the feasibility of applying TAM to examining ICP and developed an experiment procedure where TAM was …
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An Examination of Administrators' Knowledge of the Standards for Mathematical Practice - A Think Aloud
… their instructional practices relate to student thinking. This research study was conducted to illustrate the importance of understanding the thought process of administrators as they make decisions about teacher effectiveness based on what they notice during observations of mathematics …
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THE USE OF THINK ALOUD METHOD TO INVESTIGATE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES OF WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS JUDGES
… thoughts and decision-making during judging. Think Aloud (TA) method (Eccles & Arsal, 2017) proposed by Ericsson and Simon (1993) is a tool to collect concurrent data of cognitive processes, and therefore could be an alternative method to collect judge decision concurrently. As a result, this …
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Leveraging Subtle Verbalization and Speech Patterns to Help Evaluators Identify Usability Problem Encounters in Concurrent Think-aloud Sessions
Think-aloud protocols are a highly valued usability testing method for identifying usability problems. Despite the value of conducting think-aloud usability test sessions, analyzing think-aloud sessions is often arduous. Consequently, previous research has urged the community to develop methods to …
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Effects of a metacognitive think-aloud strategy used to improve reading comprehension in a group of third graders
… the effectiveness of a metacognitive think-aloud strategy used to improve reading comprehension in a group of third grade students. Fourteen general education students were pre-tested using an individual reading inventory to determine baseline independent, instructional, and …
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Differentiating Literacy Instruction for Digital Learners: The Effect of Multimedia Think-Aloud Worked Examples on Adolescent Analytical Reading Comprehension
… new to the education landscape. Research into think-aloud protocols, though often used as a form of assessment rather than instruction, provided practical, content-specific literacy strategies for crafting the instructional intervention in this study. Additionally, research into worked …
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Ethics, X-Phi, and the Expanded Methodological Toolbox: How the Think Aloud Method and Interview Reveal People’s Judgments on Issues in Ethics and Beyond
… then, in not only understanding how laypeople think about issues in ethics, but also bringing their judgments into dialogue with those of philosophers in order to make sense of agreement, disagreement, and the consequences of each. Experimental philosophers facilitate this dialogue uniquely by …
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Development and initial testing of a virtual simulation training module to teach microtomy
… samples. The aim of this thesis is to use the think-aloud protocol to develop a virtual simulation training module for students to learn microtomy. Methods: A think-aloud protocol was conducted with an MLT expert to generate the steps of the microtomy procedure. Eight experts rated the …
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Investigating the writing strategies of fourth year Libyan university students of English: strategy differences between good and poor writers of English
… using a number of research methods, namely think-aloud protocols, semi-structured interviews, and observations. The student participants involved in the investigation belonged to two groups: good writers (N=5), and poor writers (N=6). The teacher informants (N=3) are among those who teach …
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Effects of integrating cognitive apprenticeship instructional methods into the community college writing classroom
… (see Flower, 1993; Flower & Hayes, 1980) using think aloud modeling (Collins, Brown, & Holum, 1991; Schoenfeld, 1985). Nine intact classes were randomly assigned to treatments and control groups; data included ACT's Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency Writing Skills Test (1993), essay …
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A study of lawyers’ information behaviour leading to the development of two methods for evaluating electronic resources
… observations, where we asked participants to think aloud whilst using existing resources to ‘find information required for their work.’ Lawyers’ information behaviours closely matched those observed in other disciplines by Ellis and others, serving to validate Ellis’s existing model in the …
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A study of lawyers' information behaviour leading to the development of two methods for evaluating electronic resources
… observations, where we asked participants to think aloud whilst using existing resources to ‘find information required for their work.’ Lawyers’ information behaviours closely matched those observed in other disciplines by Ellis and others, serving to validate Ellis’s existing model in the …
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The effect of metacognitive training on the mathematical word problem solving of Singapore 11-12 year olds in a computer environment
… For the case study design, analysis of the think aloud protocol data during word problem solving of eight pairs of students is used to explore the role of metacognition in mathematical word problem solving in a computer environment. In addition, student questionnaire and teacher interview …
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The effect of metacognitive training on the mathematical word problem solving of Singapore 11-12 year olds in a computer environment
… For the case study design, analysis of the think aloud protocol data during word problem solving of eight pairs of students is used to explore the role of metacognition in mathematical word problem solving in a computer environment. In addition, student questionnaire and teacher interview …
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Digital Searching: A Grounded Theory Study on the Modern Search Experience
… methodology and two data collection methods, a think-aloud protocol and semi-structured interviews, are used to develop the theory. The emerging theory addressed two tightly connected research questions that asked, “What is the process by which humans search and discover information?” and “What …
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Learners' perceptions of language proficiency, language test-taking strategies and emotional regulation in a test-taking context: a case study in an Egyptian EFL context
… regulation processes were identified from think aloud data obtained from 12 test-takers who were asked to verbalize their thoughts and feelings while they took a placement test. Based on the think aloud data and the literature, the Test-Taking Strategies Questionnaire (TTSQ) was designed to …
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Comparison of Traditional and Activity Theory Based Analysis Methods for Verbal Protocol Data
The think aloud method has been used in this research to generate data that reveals the thoughts of participants of a study while they are performing tasks. The pioneers of this method, Simon and Ericsson, have provided a method to analyze the data so as to obtain meaningful results. However, this …
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