References

Metacognition: An Overview part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The author reviews metacognition, metacognitive knowledge, metacognitive regulation, the distinction between cognitive and metacognitive strategies, the relationship between metacognition and ...

Transfer of learning: Issues and research agenda part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a report on a workshop held at NSF in 2002. It begins with a broad introduction to the transfer of knowledge, discussing why it is both central and timely to the country's educational mission ...

Scientific Argumentation in Earth System Science Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection

We investigate the merit of including deliberate instruction on argumentation and debate in an undergraduate Earth system science course. We examine sample student evaluations of arguments ...

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This summary of educational research stresses that students of all ages 1) come to school with preconceptions about the subjects they are learning that, if not engaged, will interfere with learning, ...

Taxonomy of Educational Objectives Handbook I: The Cognitive Domain. part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This was the first attempt to classify learning behaviors and provide concrete measures for identifying different levels of learning. The cognitive domain consists of 6 levels: knowledge, ...

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This article presents the software, A Virtual Journey within the Rock Cycle, which was developed as a microworld game meant to enhance students' ability to perceive the rock cycle in terms of a ...

Development and Evaluation of Where are We?: Map-skills Software and Curriculum part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Improvements in the instructional materials used in the prototype version of the Where are We program were accomplished through formative evaluation. These improvements include replacement of ...

Cognitive Models of Dynamic Geographic Phenomena and their Representations part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Multiple Modalities and Multiple Frames of Reference for Spatial Knowledge part of SERC Print Resource Collection

Diagrammatic Reasoning: Cognitive and Computational Perspectives part of SERC Print Resource Collection