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Students thought processes while engaged in computer programmingAhmed, Aqeel M. 31 July 1992 (has links)
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate
the thought processes of secondary level novice programmers
engaged in computer programming for the purpose of
generating hypotheses for consideration in future research
on the relationship between computer programming and problem
solving. A high school BASIC programming course with
14 students from a single school in the tenth through the
twelfth grades was selected for the sample.
Data describing students' thought processes while programming
were collected during double periods in the 11th
and 16th weeks of the fall semester. Students worked in
role-assigned partnerships, wherein one student was the
problem solver and the other was the recorder. The problem
solver's task was to solve the problem using a "think
aloud" strategy, while the recorder took notes describing
the problem solver's actions to assure that audiotape recordings
of the problem solver's voice were maintained.
Following the solution of one problem, these roles were
switched.
Analysis of novice programmers' thought processes revealed
two categories of student problem solution strategies:
coded thinking and debugging. In the coded thinking
strategy, students approached the problems primarily
from the perspective of BASIC codes. This strategy was
similar in nature to activities involved in verbal association
learning, a low level thinking strategy identified by
Gagne (1970). Students relied on two techniques for debugging
syntax and logic errors. They applied a guess-and-check
technique to correct syntax errors or asked the
teacher for assistance. Similarly, when logic errors were
revealed, the subjects typically asked the teacher for
assistance and then used the guess-and-check technique to
correct the errors. Both techniques utilized lower level
thought processes than that required for problem solving
learning. Analysis of the subject programming processes
revealed that problem solving processes, as identified by
Polya (1988), were not involved. Future research should
examine students thought processes when working with a compiled
language such as Pascal. In addition, future research
should investigate the thought processes of students
who have had more experience than a single term of programming.
A case study of from two to three students explored
over a longer period of time may provide a clearer description
of student thought processes. / Graduation date: 1993
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The impact of effortful practice in learning a task of varying degrees of cognitive and motor complexity /Patterson, Jae Todd. Lee, Timothy Donald, January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Supervisor: Timothy D. Lee. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Age matters the cognitive strategies and benefits of learning among college-degreed older adults /Campbell, Bruce. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Antioch University, 2006. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 27, 2007). Advisor: Alan Guskin, Ph.D. Keywords: late life learning, cognitive strategies, mental acuity, benefits of learning, lifespan learning, importance of learning. Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227).
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Toward the neurocomputer: goal-directed learning in embodied cultured networksChao, Zenas C. 23 October 2007 (has links)
Brains display very high-level parallel computation, fault-tolerance, and adaptability, all of which are what we struggle to recreate in engineered systems. The neurocomputer (an organic computer built from living neurons) seems possible and may lead to a new generation of computing device that can operate in a brain-like manner. Cultured neuronal networks on multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) are one of the best candidates for the neurocomputer for their controllability, accessibility, flexibility, and the ability to self-organize.
I explored the possibility of the neurocomputer by studying whether we can show goal-directed learning, one of the most fascinating behavior of brains, in cultured networks. Inspired by the brain, which needs to be embodied in some way and interact with its surroundings in order to give a purpose to its activities, we have developed tools for closing the sensory-motor loop between a cultured network and a robot or an artificial animal (an animat), termed a ¡§hybrot¡¨. In order to efficiently find an effective closed-loop design among infinite potential options, I constructed a biologically-inspired simulated network. By using this simulated network, I designed: (1) a statistic that can effectively and efficiently decode network functional plasticity, and (2) feedback stimulations and an adaptive training algorithm to encode sensory information and to direct network plasticity. By closing the sensory-motor loop with these decoding and encoding designs, we successfully demonstrated a simple adaptive goal-directed behavior: learning to move in a user-defined direction, and further showed that multiple tasks could be learned simultaneously. These results suggest that even though a cultured network lacks the 3-D structure of the brain, it still can be functionally shaped and show meaningful behavior.
To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of goal-directed learning in embodied cultured networks. Extending from these findings, I further proposed a research plan to optimize closed-loop designs for evaluating the maximal learning capacity (or even true intelligence) of the cultured network. Knowledge gained from effective closed-loop designs provides insights about learning and memory in the nervous system, which could influence the design of neurocomputers, future artificial neural networks, and more effective neuroprosthetics.
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Pharmacological evaluation of idazoxan-induced noradrenergic modulation of excitatory and inhibitory processes in the dentate gyrus of the anaesthetized rat /Knight, John Christopher, January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002. / Bibliography: leaves 78-89.
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Transfer and the fuzzy-trace theoryMassey, M. Ryan. January 1900 (has links)
Title from title page of PDF (University of Missouri--St. Louis, viewed February 24, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-30).
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Cognitive reading strategies instruction for children with specific language impairmentLau, Ka-ming., 劉家明. January 2012 (has links)
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. / published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Education
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Listening comprehension in the foreign language classroom: the cognitive receptive processes in the development of Spanish phonological perceptionMayberry, María del Socorro 28 August 2008 (has links)
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Self-regulation in L2 oral narrative tasks performed by adult Korean users of EnglishKim, Young-Woo 23 March 2011 (has links)
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Fostering process approach to Chinese writing through cognitive strategy instructionChan, Ting-man, Samuel., 陳定文. January 2000 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education
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