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Learning In The Context Of Math Anxiety, Michelle Melissa Guillaume
Learning In The Context Of Math Anxiety, Michelle Melissa Guillaume
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Previous studies have examined the effects of math anxiety on working memory and performance. It has been shown that having a high level of math anxiety not only decreases performance, but also interferes with working memory such that the anxiety competes for working memory resources, decreasing the amount of working memory resources available to work on a math task. Previous research has focused on the semantic memory approach, i.e., testing people on what they already know. The current study took this research one step further and looked at learning, specifically stimulus learning, in the context of math anxiety. A well …
The Effect Of Math Anxiety On Learning A Novel Math Task, Jeremy Adam Krause
The Effect Of Math Anxiety On Learning A Novel Math Task, Jeremy Adam Krause
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The focus of this experiment was to assess the effect of math anxiety on learning a novel math task (modular arithmetic). While participants that were low in math anxiety performed significantly better (in terms of reaction time) than participants that were in the medium and high math anxiety groups on repeated problems, the low math anxious participants did not perform differently than the medium and high math anxiety groups on unique problems. This indicates that the low math anxious participants were better able to learn the procedure of modular arithmetic but were not significantly different in their ability to learn …
On Breaking Ground: Second Language Literacy And Language Learning Through Sociocultural Practices, Ana Christina Iddings
On Breaking Ground: Second Language Literacy And Language Learning Through Sociocultural Practices, Ana Christina Iddings
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study was concerned with (a) how second language children actually learn as a result of their social interactions; (b) the learning trajectory of second language students from apprentice to full participation in communities of practice; and (c) how this learning influences, and is reciprocally influenced by, the social, cultural, and historical context as learners become members of community practice. These questions were investigated under the lens of sociocultural theory, which emphasizes leaning in relationship with others and with materials over time within the social context; This was a qualitative study involving genetic methodology (Vygostky, 1981) which aims to understand, …
The Effects Of Feedback Protocol And Learning Environment Perceptions On Self -Regulated Learning, Kevin David Biesinger
The Effects Of Feedback Protocol And Learning Environment Perceptions On Self -Regulated Learning, Kevin David Biesinger
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
The current research investigated the effects of differing feedback protocols in a multimedia learning environment to determine if changes would occur over time in goal orientation, self-regulation, self-efficacy or achievement. Subjects from an traditional undergraduate chemistry course were assigned to either a norm-referenced or self-referenced feedback group. Goal orientation and self-efficacy were measured via self-report surveys pre-post instruction, self-regulation was measured as the cumulative number of times each subject opened a worked example/self-explanation prompt while engaged in weekly web-based quizzes, and achievement was measured using final semester course grades. Perceptions of the learning environment were also probed as a potential …
The Effects Of Mushroom Body Lobe Disruption On Learning And Memory, Brian S Dunkelberger
The Effects Of Mushroom Body Lobe Disruption On Learning And Memory, Brian S Dunkelberger
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Animal models have been used for centuries to study learning and memory in simple systems with many applications to humans (Chapter 1). The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has added greatly to our current understanding of learning and memory and its underlying biology (Chapter 2). The research described here focuses on the relationship between learning and memory and the brain using three mutant strains of flies: mushroom body miniature B (mbmB), small mushroom bodies (smu), and mushroom bodies reduced (mbr). Mushroom bodies are paired neuronal structures found in most invertebrate brains involved in learning and memory consolidation. All three mutations studied …
Assessment In Higher Education: A Case Study On Assessment Of Student Learning In Three States, Hyla Winters
Assessment In Higher Education: A Case Study On Assessment Of Student Learning In Three States, Hyla Winters
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
This study examined how state participation in the National Forum on College-Level Learning project changed higher education system policy and institutional practices on assessment of student learning. The purpose of this study examined state higher education implementation practices for assessing student learning outcomes in selected land grant and community colleges before and after participation in the National Forum on College-Level Learning project; The results of this study are limited to the states of Nevada, Oklahoma, and Kentucky. To determine the implementation of state assessment policy at the institutional level, this study's theoretical framework was implementation theory. The research questions which …
Instructional *Simulations And The Concepts Of Shared Cognition, Carolyn Sue Witt
Instructional *Simulations And The Concepts Of Shared Cognition, Carolyn Sue Witt
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Graduates of registered nurse educational programs are expected to bring some degree of preparedness for intervening in emergency situations. However, within the clinical portion of the curricula a student may not have the opportunity to observe and or participate in patient respiratory or cardiac resuscitation. Volunteer participants, student nurses, engaged in practice with a human simulator (SimMan) and teacher guided dialogue to assist in the construction of nursing knowledge in a safe, supportive environment. SimMan was programmed with eight scenarios depicting common patient emergency situations. Simulations and debriefings were videotaped and transcribed. Post employment interviews were audio taped and transcribed. …