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How visual confidence on global motion is affected by local motion ambiguity and type of motion noise, and its correlation with autistic trait tendency?

open access: yes, 2019
Perceptual confidence has been found to correlate with task performance in general, and is believed to be independent of stimulus features. However, certain stimulus feature could induce a subjective sense of uncertainty, which could potentially ...
LAM, Man Wai, Angela
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Understanding the Higher-Order Approach to Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Critics have often misunderstood the higher-order theory (HOT) of consciousness. Here we clarify its position on several issues, and distinguish it from other views such as the global The higher-order theory (HOT) of consciousness has often been ...
Brown, Richard   +2 more
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Measuring scientific classroom discourse: The DiISC Version 2.0's validity and use in observing secondary science lessons

open access: yesSchool Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
Abstract To continue to support long‐term, ongoing science curriculum and instruction reform efforts in the United States, there is a significant need to be able to reliably measure teachers’ discourse‐rich, inquiry‐based instruction. In this external validation study, we present the Discourse in Inquiry Science Classrooms Version 2.0 (DiISC 2.0) as a ...
Elizabeth Lewis   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Are the Best Predictors of STEM Competences in PISA 2018? An Analysis of the Spanish Context Using Data Mining

open access: yesSchool Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for the present and future society is clear. With assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the possibility of an analysis on student‐related variables predicting results in STEM areas opens. The aim was to identify the PISA
Pedro Gil‐Madrona   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter addresses the extent to which nonhuman animals are conscious.
Gennaro, Rocco J.
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A comparison of strategies used by lecturers to improve students' perceived feelings toward statistics—A study that is Stat‐tastic!

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract One way of addressing anxiety in students studying statistics as a non‐specialist is dedicated statistics anxiety workshops, but some students are too anxious to attend such sessions. In this multi‐university study, lecturers presented content from such a workshop in one slide per session throughout their statistics teaching. This “Stat‐tastic
Anna Christian Riach   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Learning: Understanding the Role of Executive Functions in Children's Belief Revision Using Bayesian Models

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent studies suggest that learners who are asked to predict the outcome of an event learn more than learners who are asked to evaluate it retrospectively or not at all. One possible explanation for this “prediction boost” is that it helps learners engage metacognitive reasoning skills that may not be spontaneously leveraged, especially for ...
Joseph A. Colantonio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the Role of Religious Metacognition in Hope and Anxiety in Students [PDF]

open access: yesHealth, Spirituality and Medical Ethics
individual performance, identifying the factors that influence these two components is crucial. One such factor is religious metacognition, which refers to an individual’s ability to reflect on, evaluate, and regulate religious thoughts and emotions ...
Farokhro Jalili   +2 more
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Play in Cognitive Development: From Rational Constructivism to Predictive Processing

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract It is widely believed that play and curiosity are key ingredients as children develop models of the world. There is also an emerging consensus that children are Bayesian learners who combine their structured prior beliefs with estimations of the likelihood of new evidence to infer the most probable model of the world.
Marc M. Andersen, Julian Kiverstein
wiley   +1 more source

The effectiveness of "Learning by doing" as a strategy that uses the elaboration of didactic material done by the learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tesis (Pedagogía en Inglés)Nowadays, the instruction of vocabulary on the acquisition and learning of English as a second language is important and it has been recognized as a relevant aspect by academics and theoreticians of the area.
Sandoval Figueroa, Luna   +1 more
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