Direct and indirect influences of executive functions on mathematics achievement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.014
Abstract: Achievement in mathematics is predicted by an individual's domain-specific factual knowledge, procedural skill and conceptual understanding as well as domain-general executive function skills. In this study we investigated the extent to which executive function skills… read more here.
Keywords: mathematics; functions mathematics; mathematics achievement; executive functions ... See more keywords
Going beyond the lesson: Self-generating new factual knowledge in the classroom.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2016.09.003
Abstract: For children to build a knowledge base, they must integrate and extend knowledge acquired across separate episodes of new learning. Children's performance was assessed in a task requiring them to self-generate new factual knowledge from… read more here.
Keywords: classroom; mathematics; knowledge; new factual ... See more keywords
Extending the Cognitive Mediation Model: Examining Factors Associated With Perceived Familiarity and Factual Knowledge of Nanotechnology
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DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2016.1271436
Abstract: This research—a pilot study on the cognitive mediation model (CMM) in Singapore—seeks to revisit and test the applicability of an extended CMM in the context of nanotechnology by examining perceived familiarity as a separate outcome… read more here.
Keywords: familiarity; perceived familiarity; cognitive mediation; factual knowledge ... See more keywords
A Refutation of Finite-State Language Models through Zipf’s Law for Factual Knowledge
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DOI: 10.3390/e23091148
Abstract: We present a hypothetical argument against finite-state processes in statistical language modeling that is based on semantics rather than syntax. In this theoretical model, we suppose that the semantic properties of texts in a natural… read more here.
Keywords: state; zipf law; factual knowledge; finite state ... See more keywords