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1994

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Educational Psychology

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An Exploration Of Cognitive And Metacognitive Performance With Cognet Mle Treatment And No Treatment Control Students, Martha Mcbrayer Jones May 1994

An Exploration Of Cognitive And Metacognitive Performance With Cognet Mle Treatment And No Treatment Control Students, Martha Mcbrayer Jones

Doctoral Dissertations

This study investigated the effects of the Cognitive Enrichment Network (COGNET) mediated learning instructional approach, an approach based on Feuerstein's theory of structural cognitive modifiability, on cognitive and metacognitive variables. COGNET and control subjects were in grades K-3 and were from two schools in rural Tennessee. They were identified as potential subjects by being former Head Start participants, receiving free lunch, or by teacher referral for at risk status. They participated in the study for two years. Students were videotaped during the pre- and post-test administrations of the Cognitive Functioning Analysis Instrument. From these videos, the cognitive phase durations …