scholarly journals Memory Monitoring and Control in Young and Intermediate-Age Adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (61) ◽  
pp. 241-249
Author(s):  
Maxciel Zortea ◽  
Graciela Inchausti de Jou ◽  
Jerusa Fumagalli de Salles

The way adults perceive and regulate learning (metamemory) is an important indicator of how they perform on memory tasks. This study assessed memory monitoring, control and performance in young and intermediate-age adults according to item type (with or without semantic relation), type of judgment of learning (JOL - immediate or delayed), and age. Twenty-six young adults (M = 22 years old) and 18 intermediate-age adults (M = 47 years old) participated, who responded to an experimental paradigm to evaluate metamemory. Results showed that related word-pairs received higher magnitude for the JOLs and better cued-recall scores. JOLs’ accuracy was similar between the age groups, delayed JOLs being more accurate only for young adults. Intermediate-age adults apparently based their allocation of study time less on JOLs or cued-recall than young adults.

Author(s):  
Achmad Faris Nasyarudin ◽  
Ritzkal Ritzkal ◽  
Arief Goeritno

 The design and construction of a device prototype for a water level measurement system in a tank and controlling a number of garden light analogies has been carried-out and the prototype can be integrated into smarthome system. Three topics are discussed in this paper, including the manufacture, programming, and performance measurement of device prototypes. The formation of prototype of the device is done through wiring integration between electronic devices, in order to obtain the hardware handshacking. Programming the prototype of device is done through the creation of algorithms and preparation of syntax, in order to obtain the software handshacking. The performance of the prototype of device is measured when integrated into the Smarthome system, in order to obtain the hardware and software handshacking. The performance of prototype of the device when monitoring in the form of information about the water level in the water tank with 3 (three) conditions, namely the criteria of "empty", "medium", and "full", while the control in the form of information about the operation of ON/OFF of the LED as an analogy to the lamp garden are done for 3 (three) positions, namely position #1, #2, and #3. The manufactured subsystem prototype can be integrated into the smarthome system when a validation test is performed. Prototype of the device for monitoring and control based-on web that can be integrated into the smarthome system.


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 845-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhai Meng

The importance of inter-organizational trust to project success has been increasingly highlighted in the construction industry. This study aims to explore the role of trust between project parties. It adopts a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Based on the analysis of the responses of a questionnaire survey, trust is demonstrated to have a significant contribution to the development of cooperative or collaborative relationships; fostering trust proves to have a major influence on the improvement of project performance; and some relationship and performance indicators are found to have closer associations with trust than others so that trust is more important to the development of relationship and the improvement of performance in these aspects. The analysis of questionnaire responses also provides significant evidence for the reduction in monitoring and control following the increase of mutual trust. The questionnaire survey is followed by a series of expert interviews, both of which contribute to the establishment of a model that links trust with relationship and performance and distinguishes the new approach that is based on trust from the traditional mechanism that relies on monitoring and control.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxciel Zortea ◽  
Graciela Inchausti de Jou ◽  
Jerusa Fumagalli de Salles

ABSTRACT. Memory problems are common in stroke patients, although little is known about how accurately chronic stroke patients can monitor and control memory processes. Objective: The performance of memory and metamemory in stroke patients and healthy controls were investigated, as well as dissociation between performances. Methods: 10 adults with right hemisphere lesion (mean [M] age=53.2 [SD=9.7]), 10 with left hemisphere lesion (M age=60.4 [SD=6.6]) and 20 healthy participants (M age=56.5 [SD=9.3] with no neurological disease, matched for sex, age and years of education participated in a multiple-case design study. Participants completed a metamemory experimental paradigm, as well as immediate and delayed word recall and recognition tasks. Results: Data indicated that 10 out of the 20 patients presented significantly lower scores compared to controls, two of which had global deficits (functional association). Functional dissociations between memory monitoring (judgments of learning, JOL), control (allocation of study time) and capacity (cued-recall task) among patients were found for eight cases, suggesting these processes are independent. Conclusion: These findings reveal stroke patients may have specific metamemory impairment and can contribute to the understanding of cognitive models of metamemory processing.


Author(s):  
Sunae Kim ◽  
Atsushi Senju ◽  
Beate Sodian ◽  
Markus Paulus ◽  
Shoji Itakura ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1328
Author(s):  
Xiping LIU ◽  
Liqing CHEN ◽  
Weihai TANG ◽  
Xuejun BAI

Author(s):  
Lili Sahakyan ◽  
Nathaniel L. Foster

Theories of metamemory are primarily concerned with mechanisms that improve memory; they do not account for processes that reduce accessibility of unwanted information, as in intentional forgetting. The chapter proposes that introducing separate terms like metaremembering and metaforgetting highlights the distinction between remembering and forgetting as different dimensions of memory. It reviews empirical evidence from directed forgetting studies. List-method directed forgetting depends on engaging active forgetting strategies, indicating the importance of control in successful intentional forgetting. The decision to engage in forgetting strategies, in turn, is affected by memory monitoring as evidenced through preexisting confidence about one’s own memory ability, as well as judgments of learning solicited during the task. In item-method directed forgetting, participants control rehearsal by selectively retrieving earlier items believed to be more memorable, even when such beliefs are illusory. The chapter discusses the role of metacognitive monitoring and control in these active forms of forgetting.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Nicole Von der Linden ◽  
Elisabeth Löffler ◽  
Wolfgang Schneider

The two studies presented here were conducted to explore the relationship between metacognitive monitoring and control processes across the life-span. Monitoring processes often guide control processes (goal-oriented learning), yet more recent work also documents that control processes can also be based on feedback from monitoring processes (data-oriented learning). Study 1 provided first evidence for data-oriented learning in older adults and in a life-span perspective. Participants of four age groups (third-grade children, adolescents, younger and older adults) were able to adapt their Judgments-Of-Learning (JOLs) based on their Study Time (ST). Effects were most pronounced for younger and older adults. Study 2 investigated the flexible interplay between goal- and data-oriented learning within one learning task for the first time in older adults and from a life-span perspective. Adolescents and younger adults were able to switch between models while elementary children and older adults hat greater difficulties to do so. Possible causes for developmental trends are discussed. In sum, the integration of both goal- and data-oriented learning within one task seems to be a complex process.


Author(s):  
Line CHAMSEDDINE

The French model of National Education, developed from the Third Republic, is based on free education and equal opportunities in access to education and culture. “The Nation guarantees equal access for children and adults to education, training and culture. The organization of free and secular public education at all levels is a duty of the state ”thus stipulates paragraph 13 of the Preamble to the Constitution of October 27, 1946. Higher education scholarships are a tool of education policy which aims to ensure this fundamental principle of equality. Like any public policy, it must be monitored, evaluated and steered, in particular within the framework of the new financial constitution of August 1, 2001, called the Organic Law relating to Finance Laws (I.G.A.E.N.R., 2007). In 2008, 1.48 billion euros were spent on scholarships, of which more than 89% were scholarships on social criteria intended to benefit around 487,000 students (Marini, 2007). This figure represents around a quarter of students enrolled in higher education in France for the year 2007-2008 (M.E.S.R., 2009). If all the grants are taken into account, this percentage is around 30%. However, several reports have raised a lack of tools and literature on the evaluation of the scholarship allocation system, a report from the 2006 parliamentary mission to the Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research highlights in these terms the lack of monitoring and evaluation tools: "One of the findings of this report was the contrast between the considerable amount allocated to this policy with, paradoxically, such little monitoring and control". This work aims precisely to provide elements of evaluation and monitoring of this policy, by proposing an evaluation of the system of allocation of scholarships according to two axes - equity and efficiency - as well as an index making it possible to follow over time the level of the aid allocated and the extent of its coverage. These analyzes and results are based on statistical studies carried out on the annual databases of student applicants for grants between 1998 and 2007, provided by the Department of Evaluation, Forecasting and Performance (DEPP) and on the data triennial surveys on “Living conditions of students” collected by the Observatory of student life (OVE).


2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Keith Payne ◽  
Larry L. Jacoby ◽  
Alan J. Lambert

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