The impact of originality instructions on cognitive strategy use in divergent thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 100581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Kaya ◽  
Selcuk Acar
Keyword(s):  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Cognitive Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
The Impact

Cognitive Strategy Generation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Sangster ◽  
Claire Beninger ◽  
Helene J. Polatajko ◽  
Angela Mandich
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Quality Of Movement ◽  
Performance Problems ◽  
Coordination Disorder ◽  
The Impact

Background. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a condition of impaired quality of movement and occupational performance. It has been hypothesized that the difficulties experienced by children with DCD may in part be due to an impaired ability to use cognitive strategies to solve occupational performance problems. Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) is a verbally-based approach to helping children remediate this difficulty. The current pilot study investigated the use of cognitive strategies in children with DCD to determine whether cognitive strategy use is improved by CO-OP. Methods. Observations of video-recorded sessions of 18 school-aged children were scored for frequency and type of cognitive strategies used. Results. Differences within and between groups revealed changes in the types and frequency of cognitive strategies. Clinical Implications. The results of the present study support the use of a cognitively-based approach such as CO-OP in assisting children with DCD in developing cognitive strategies when solving occupational performance problems. However, further research using a larger sample is necessary to fully explore the impact of CO-OP on the strategy use of children with DCD.

scholarly journals The Impact of Memory Change on Everyday Life Among Older Adults: Association with Cognition and Self-Reported Memory

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Komal T. Shaikh ◽  
Erica L. Tatham ◽  
Susan Vandermorris ◽  
Theone Paterson ◽  
Kathryn Stokes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Everyday Functioning ◽  
Positive Coping ◽  
Memory Change ◽  
Lifestyle Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
With Memory

Abstract Objectives: Many older adults experience memory changes that can have a meaningful impact on their everyday lives, such as restrictions to lifestyle activities and negative emotions. Older adults also report a variety of positive coping responses that help them manage these changes. The purpose of this study was to determine how objective cognitive performance and self-reported memory are related to the everyday impact of memory change. Methods: We examined these associations in a sample of 94 older adults (age 60–89, 52% female) along a cognitive ability continuum from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment. Results: Correlational analyses revealed that greater restrictions to lifestyle activities (|rs| = .36–.66), more negative emotion associated with memory change (|rs| = .27–.76), and an overall greater burden of memory change on everyday living (|rs| = .28–.61) were associated with poorer objective memory performance and lower self-reported memory ability and satisfaction. Performance on objective measures of executive attention was unrelated to the impact of memory change. Self-reported strategy use was positively related to positive coping with memory change (|r| = .26), but self-reported strategy use was associated with more negative emotions regarding memory change (|r| = .23). Conclusions: Given the prevalence of memory complaints among older adults, it is important to understand the experience of memory change and its impact on everyday functioning in order to develop services that target the specific needs of this population.

Cognitive Orientation to (Daily) Occupational Performance: Changes in Strategy and Session Time Use over the Course of Intervention

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Rodger ◽  
Silvia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Strategy ◽  
Cognitive Intervention ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Session Time ◽  
Cognitive Orientation ◽  
Computer Based

Cognitive Orientation to (daily) Occupational Performance (CO-OP) is a cognitive intervention that was developed to assist children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) enhance their motor performance in everyday activities. Using a computer-based analysis of 10 videotaped treatment sessions for each of four boys with DCD who were 6 to 9 years of age, this study investigated changes in cognitive strategy use and session time use over the course of intervention. Cognitive strategy use focused on the child's use of global and domain-specific strategies during intervention. Session time use referred to the duration of Talking About Task (describing the task or plans that will be executed), Practicing Task (actually doing the task or activity), and Dual Tasking (both talking and doing) coded during video segments observations. Trends in strategy and session time use over 10 sessions appeared to be child- and goal-specific, with few systematic patterns observed. This article discusses the use of specific strategies over time both within and across the four participants. Individual results were varied and highlight the unique child—task—environment interactions that occur during intervention, reinforcing the individualized and client-centered focus of the CO-OP.

scholarly journals The Effect of IELTS Listening Strategy Use on the Reduction of IELTS Listening Test Anxiety and on IELTS Listening Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Reza Nemat Tabrizi ◽  
Mahnaz Ranjbar
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Listening Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

The study investigates the impact of IELTS listening strategy use on the reduction of listening test anxiety and on the listening performance of the IELTS test takers in light of the data of 80 participants on the pretest and post-test IELTS listening along with the participants' score on pre-anxiety and post anxiety scale. So, drawing on the instruments including a proficiency test, pre/post-test, anxiety questionnaire, materials for strategy instruction, the participants were randomly divided into two groups: Control Group and Experimental Group, each including 40 participants. As per the procedure, after tackling their pre-listening performance and pre-anxiety score, one group was treated with IELTS-Listening related strategies and the other group was not treated, but both were administered listening test. The results of the study indicated that those treated with IELTS strategy outperformed ( t (78) = 4.57, p = .000, r = .460 ) those receiving no listening-related strategy. Furthermore, the results of a t-test run on the post-test of the groups anxiety arrived at a statistically significant difference (t (78) = 5.77, p = .000, r = .547), representing that the control group outperformed the experimental group. Also, Pearson Correlation done for finding out a potential relationship between anxiety and listening performance indicated a negative and weak to moderate relationship ((r (78) = -.26, p = .020). The pedagogical implications of the study are in detailed argued.

The impact of using divergent thinking strategies on reading comprehension

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 78-99
Author(s):  
A. Al Masri ◽  
T. Krishan ◽  
F. Al Talahin ◽  
S. Almassarweh
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Thinking Strategies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Experimental Group

Introduction. Divergent thinking strategies are based on brain activity represented by a series of successive and branching questions related to a particular reading text. These strategies stimulate the minds of sixth graders to think of new stimuli such as finding a solution to a specific problem, or making a specific judgment, or predicting future events, which produces new and innovative solutions and achieves a deeper understanding of the target reading text.The present research aims to investigate the impact of divergent thinking strategies in developing reading comprehension skills among sixth-grade students in the English language.Methodology and research methods. The authors used the quasi-experimental approach. A pre-post design was used to identify the effect of employing divergent thinking strategies in developing reading comprehension skills. The study sample consisted of 136 students, who were selected purposefully and distributed into two groups: experimental and control groups. Students in experimental group were taught using divergent thinking strategies. Students in control group were taught in the usual way.Results and scientific novelty. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) found statistically significant differences between the two groups in favour of the experimental group in achievement. In addition, significant differences were found in the Motivation for Learning English between the two groups. It was found that divergent thinking strategies stimulate students’ thinking through various questions and allow them to look at their familiar knowledge with a new vision, to produce and generate new ideas with creative features.Practical significance. The current study is useful in determining the appropriate reading comprehension skills for students, and targeting them in developing these skills. This research also draws the attention of teachers to the importance of including strategies compatible with the brain, including divergent thinking strategies, when planning reading lessons. As for the educational supervisors, it puts in their hand’s strategies based on the theory of learning in the brain, including the divergent thinking strategies and how to employ them in reading lessons in order to develop reading comprehension. Moreover, these research materials can be employed by mentors in directing teachers to depart from the framework of traditional methods through the use of divergent thinking strategies in their classroom teaching practices.

Metacognitive and Cognitive Strategy Use Questionnaire

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limei Zhang ◽  
Christine C.M. Goh ◽  
Antony John Kunnan
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use

scholarly journals The impact of physical exercise on convergent and divergent thinking

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenza S. Colzato ◽  
Ayca Szapora ◽  
Justine N. Pannekoek ◽  
Bernhard Hommel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
The Impact

Do Coping Responses and Racial Identity Promote School Adjustment Among Black Youth? Applying an Equity-Elaborated Social–Emotional Learning Lens

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592093334
Author(s):  
Charity Brown Griffin ◽  
DeLeon Gray ◽  
Elan Hope ◽  
Isha W. Metzger ◽  
Dawn X. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
Cognitive Strategy ◽  
Active Coping ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
School Valuing

This study examines two equity-elaborated social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies among Black adolescents: coping responses to race-related stress at school (self-management) and racial identity (self-awareness), and their relation to school adjustment (school belonging, school valuing, cognitive strategy use). The sample included 151 Black high school students ( Mage = 16.42; 52% female) from the southeastern United States. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that racial centrality moderated the relationships between active coping and school valuing and active coping and cognitive strategy use. Findings support the value of using an equity-elaborated lens to understand the role of SEL competencies for Black youth’s school adjustment.

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