1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
DISAPPEARING SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT D AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE RELATION BETWEEN QUALITY OF LEARNING AND EXTANT ABILITIES
| Project/Area Number |
04680301
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Neurophysiology and muscle physiology
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| Research Institution | MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIBAYASHI Katsuhiko MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, 教育学部, 教授 (70012581)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Keywords | Knowledge / Understanding / Rote learning / Learning / Instruction / Necessity / Scholastic achievement / State of Knowledge |
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| Research Abstract |
(a) This investigation showed intense declines of fundamental scholastic achievement of college students in some areas from freshmen to upperclassmen.
(b) Fundamental scholastic achievment of upperclassmen acquired by rote learning during high schools and preparations for entrance examinations had disappeared. But their achievement acquired by understanding had not.
(c) Students who had understood materials had additional knowledge to make the relation between items necessary.
(d) When students who had learned subjects by rote were given additional knowledge to make the relation between items necessary, they became to be able to handle subjects, and they did well as to delayd tests, too.
(e) Theories to describe understanding by the state of knowledge and discriminate understanding from rote learning are suggested.
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Research Products
(8 results)
