Imagining Instructions: Mental Practice in Highly Cognitive Domains

Autor/in	Ginns, Paul
Titel	Imagining Instructions: Mental Practice in Highly Cognitive Domains
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 49 (2005) 2, S.128-140 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Imagination; Cognitive Processes; Metacognition; Cognitive Ability; Teaching Methods; Meta Analysis; Educational Research; Task Analysis; Visualization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Aufgabenanalyse; Visualisation; Visualisierung
Abstract	This article reviews recent empirical investigations of imagination or mental practice in highly cognitive, realistic educational domains such as mathematics or learning computer applications. While mental practice has been a standard tool in training schedules devised by sports psychologists for several decades, with its efficacy studied experimentally in a multitude of sports, there has been little corresponding research in the education or training research literature. Recent research has demonstrated that mental practice can be incorporated effectively when learning non-motor, complex cognitive skills. Experimental studies are reviewed showing "imagining" worked examples, paired with practice questions, enhances learning for more experienced learners, but study activities are more appropriate for students less experienced in a given domain. Interactions of the imagination effect with cognitive load effects are also discussed. Possible directions for mental practice research in education are proposed. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10