Combined working memory capacity and reasoning strategy training improves reasoning skills in secondary social studies education: Evidence from an experimental study
| Autor: | Roel Ariës, Willem Groot, Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Joris Ghysels |
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| Přispěvatelé: | TIER TA, RS: FSE TA-TIER |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Deductive reasoning
Control (management) CRITICAL THINKING INTELLIGENCE Context (language use) Secondary education Social studies Reasoning abilities Education Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences AGE 0302 clinical medicine Curriculum Working memory 05 social sciences 050301 education FRAMEWORK Verbal reasoning Critical thinking HONG-KONG Psychology 0503 education 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Thinking Skills and Creativity, 22, 233-246. Elsevier BV |
| ISSN: | 1871-1871 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tsc.2016.10.008 |
| Popis: | Evidence suggests that working memory (WM) abilities and WM training correlate with deductive reasoning achievements. In this study, a combined WM-capacity and WM-reasoning strategy training is incorporated in secondary school social studies curricula to investigate its effects on reasoning achievements. Four secondary classes in three schools in the Netherlands participated in the present study with a total of 81 students in higher general secondary education. WM-capacity and reasoning achievements of the experimental groups improved significantly after 4 training weeks compared to control group results. The gain in reasoning abilities is demonstrated in both experimental subgroups, while control group results did not improve. The study supports the notion that deductive reasoning gains can be achieved through a combination of WM-capacity and strategy training in a content-based context. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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