Longitudinal Relationships between Cognitive and Affective Learning Outcomes

The present study was designed to investigate the longitudinal covariation of attitude toward subject matter and achievement during a course in general psychology. Five measures of attitudes toward psychology and five measures of achievement were obtained at intervals of 20 percent through the course. Subjects included 866 freshmen and sophomores at Colorado State University and the University of Missouri. The data indicated a consistent improvement in achievement throughout the course but relatively little change in attitudes. It was concluded that the cognitive and affective outcomes were independent of each other.     

Cognitive and Affective Outcomes in School Effectiveness Research

ABSTRACT

School effectiveness research has traditionally focused on basic cognitive pupil outcomes such as language and mathematics achievement. In this article however we address a research question that goes beyond this limited scope by studying both cognitive and affective outcomes of education in combination with each other. By looking at cognitive and affective outcomes at two different levels, i.e. school and the individual pupil, it is possible to make assertions about the relationship between the two outcome types at these levels. The main question in this study with respect to school effectiveness research is: ‘Can schools be both cognitive and affective effective?’

To answer this question a sample of 7,000 pupils in 212 primary schools in the Netherlands was used, providing information about cognitive, affective and pupil background variables. Firstly the relationship between affective and cognitive outcomes at pupil level is shown, using a LISREL model to show how these variables interact. Secondly the relative positions of schools with respect to their effectiveness in the cognitive and affective outcomes are compared in order to show the degree of consistency in the effectiveness of both outcome domains. These correlations appear to be small, but positive.     

Affective and Cognitive Responses to Poetry in the University Classroom

Abstract

In universities, as in mainstream education more widely, cognitive approaches to poetry are often dominant. Far from being irrelevant to the serious study of literature, we argue that eliciting students’ affective responses to poetry can deepen their cognitive understanding and analytical skills. Drawing on recent research in psychology on the relationship between cognition and affect, we show that poetry has particular potential to make us aware of the crucial interrelation of our cognitive and affective processes; and that bringing those responses into balance can deepen our understanding of poetry. Building on recent educational studies of typical student (and teacher) anxieties and assumptions about working with poetry, and on our observations from our own initial, exploratory seminars, we explore some of the obstacles to rebalancing the cognitive and affective dimensions of poetry in higher education, and point to the potential value of such an approach if such obstacles are overcome.     

诗歌教学与情感体验

情感体验是诗歌教学的灵魂，诗歌教学要引导学生从多方面体验诗歌情感：1．反复阅读，多方位把握诗歌的情感基调；2．再现形象和画面，体会诗歌中丰厚的情感；3．开拓情感，丰富学生的情感体验。     

要让美术教学实现从认知到情感的升华

我们知道,美术教育是素质教育的重要组成部分,它不仅能激发人的审美意识,还能开拓人的心灵、智能和创造力,因此在中小学开展好美术教育显得尤为重要。在美术教学中,教师要抓好认知、创造、情感这几个环节,实现从认知到情感的升华,从而提高学生的美术素质。如何才能实现这种升华呢？下面就是我在教学中的一些探索。     

Affective Outcomes of Cooperative Learning in Social Studies

This paper reports an experimental study involving the use of cooperative learning in a social studies classroom. The outcome variables discussed in the paper are pupil self-esteem and classroom climate. Over the period of the study, cooperative learning did not significantly improve the self-esteem of the pupils. However, pupils in the experimental group who were taught through the cooperative learning approach perceived classwork to be less difficult than the control pupils who worked individually. The control pupils also reported a decline in satisfaction with classwork and perceived more friction in their class. Interviews with the teacher and pupils showed favourable attitudes toward cooperative learning.     

Strengthening the Affective and Behavioral Dimensions of Learning About Human Diversity

Abstract

This article describes an autobiographical writing assignment completed by students and faculty that is shared in an off-site retreat. It highlights an approach to learning about human diversity that blends affective and behavioral approaches with more traditional cognitive methods. It supports the interrogation of student and instructor assumptions, biases, attitudes, and experiences that result from living in a diverse and inequitable world. Such interrogation is critical if students are to develop the capacity to engage a broad range of clients with varying constellations of social identity. The paper narrates the issues and processes involved.     

社交学习网络中基于学习认知的情感交互研究

在分析社交学习网络特点的基础上,文章探讨了情感识别与学习者学习状态之间的关系;通过将学习者脸部表情、眼动、人体姿态与情感图文等多模情感作为识别的指标,并结合学习者的学习认知状态和学习行为,构建了社交学习网络情感交互模型。该模型可以促进学习者的认知发展,支持大规模的远程学习;也可以对社交学习网络进行更好的监督与指导,为该网络在学习上的应用提供新思路与新方法。     

Cognitive Affective Engagement Model of Multiple Source Use

This article introduces the cognitive affective engagement model (CAEM) of multiple source use. The CAEM is presented as a way of unifying cognitive and behaviorally focused models of multiple text engagement with research on the role of affective factors (e.g., interest) in text processing. The CAEM proposes that students' engagement with multiple texts may be explained by the default stance toward task completion they adopt. Students' default stances are defined according to two dimensions: their level of affective engagement with the topic of the task and their habits with regard to text evaluation. Default stances are used to explain a host of multiple text use behaviors, such as text selection, duration of text access, and document information access, and performance outcomes, including text recall and integration. Directions for future research on the CAEM are proposed.     

Some Cognitive and Affective Outcomes of Same-Sex versus Coeducational Grouping in First Grade

Coeducational grouping in classrooms was instituted a century ago as an economical way of assuring good schooling for girls. The justification for coeducation was summarized by Thomas Woody (15) as “realistic, economically advantageous, and a wholesome socializing experience for both sexes, as well as the best way of providing equal educational opportunity for women.” However, coeducational classroom organization may have a deterring effect on some children’s early school progress, considering present knowledge of developmental growth patterns which indicate that young boys mature more slowly than girls of the same chronological age. The child’s initial school experience in the first grade learning environment can set the stage for later learning progress. Attitudes about self and others, as well as early learning styles can affect children’s performance in school. There is little definitive research to support coeducational grouping as the optimal grouping pattern for first grade boys and girls.     

The relationship between the strategies of inquiry in science and Student Cognitive and Affective Behavioral Change

Researchable questions may have a theoretical base. Empirical evidence feeds back to re-structure the theory. The case in point is children's problem solving behavior.     

开放学习环境中学习行为投入与认知投入的实证研究

基于学习分析视角,文章从学习行为投入与认知投入两个方面对开放学习环境中的学习者进行描述,并以学习行为投入评测框架和认知投入编码框架为研究工具,利用定性、定量研究方法对408名课程学习者产生的数据进行分析,结果表明:行为投入呈现成绩导向特征,且存在5种类型;中等认知投入水平学习者占比大、类型多为总结型;与同伴交互会促进认知投入水平提高;行为投入、认知投入与期末成绩存在显著正相关的线性关系。探究开放学习环境中的学习行为投入和认知投入,旨在从学习者层面为开放学习环境建设提供新思路。     

Mothers' and Child-Care Providers' Cognitive,Affective, and Behavioral Responses to Children's Misbehavior

This study compared mothers' and caregivers' attributions for children's misconduct and their corresponding affective and behavioral responses. Forty mothers of 4-year-olds and 40 caregivers employed in childcare settings responded to a series of hypothetical incidents in which a 4-year-old child engaged in a norm violation such as aggression or failed to be altruistic. ANCOVA analyses indicated that mothers and caregivers differed in their causal attributions for children's misbehavior. Mothers and caregivers also differed in their affective and behavioral responses to children's failures to be altruistic, but not in their responses to children's norm violations. Regression analyses performed on the combined scores of mothers and caregivers found that attributions to the stability of the behavior predicted use of induction and a greater emphasis on responding to the misbehavior. A power assertive response was particularly likely if a respondent believed that a behavior was caused by stable personality factors. The documentation of linkage between causal attributions and socialization behavior has implications for parent training and early childhood education. Increasing parents' awareness of developmental processes and external factors that affect a child's behavior may result in a less punitive approach to discipline. Early childhood curricula that encourages examination of adult biases in analyzing children's behavior may assist caregivers to become more reflective and self-aware in interactions with young children.     

Mothers' and Child-Care Providers' Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses to Children's Misbehavior

This study compared mothers' and caregivers' attributions for children's misconduct and their corresponding affective and behavioral responses. Forty mothers of 4-year-olds and 40 caregivers employed in childcare settings responded to a series of hypothetical incidents in which a 4-year-old child engaged in a norm violation such as aggression or failed to be altruistic. ANCOVA analyses indicated that mothers and caregivers differed in their causal attributions for children's misbehavior. Mothers and caregivers also differed in their affective and behavioral responses to children's failures to be altruistic, but not in their responses to children's norm violations. Regression analyses performed on the combined scores of mothers and caregivers found that attributions to the stability of the behavior predicted use of induction and a greater emphasis on responding to the misbehavior. A power assertive response was particularly likely if a respondent believed that a behavior was caused by stable personality factors. The documentation of linkage between causal attributions and socialization behavior has implications for parent training and early childhood education. Increasing parents' awareness of developmental processes and external factors that affect a child's behavior may result in a less punitive approach to discipline. Early childhood curricula that encourages examination of adult biases in analyzing children's behavior may assist caregivers to become more reflective and self-aware in interactions with young children.     

Cognitive Arithmetic Differences in Learning Difficulty Groups and the Role of Behavioral Inattention

The objectives of this study were to (1) evaluate group differences in specific arithmetic competencies among students with various types of learning difficulties (LD) and (2) to examine the influence of attention behaviors on possible group differences. Participants were a community sample of 291 third‐ and fourth‐grade students with reading difficulties (RD) and/or math difficulties (MD), or with no LD (51 MD, 66 RD, 89 MD + RD, and 85 No LD students). Students were administered computerized measures of cognitive addition, subtraction, and estimation (accuracy and response times), as well as other measures. Groups were compared with and without covariation for behavioral inattention and their interactions. Small sums addition, thought to reflect retrieval processes, estimation accuracy, and number knowledge, did not show differences between MD and MD + RD students, although both showed lower performance than the RD and No LD groups. Attention behavior had a variable impact, most typically making group differences larger, but did not alter the general pattern of group differences, except in the case of estimation.     

Online Course Design Based on the Cognitive Learning Theory and the Affective Filter Hypothesis

The essay attempts to explore how to design an online English course on the basis of the cognitive learning theory and the affective filter hypothesis. By demonstrating an online course on preparing job interview questions, the essay explains what and why some elements are incorporated in the course and raises some potential problems.     

The Influence of Class-Size Variations on Cognitive and Affective Learning of College Freshmen

The influence of class-size variations on cognitive and affective learning was measured by use of a 15-concept semantic differential scale and a teacher-made test. A Non-equivalent Control Group design was employed with two groups of college freshmen (N = 320). After attending a weekly lecture, 160 Ss were divided into eight permanent discussion sections (twenty Ss each) for two weekly meetings. Small-group discussions emphasized critical examination of feelings and their impact on evaluation of personal, social, and professional problems. The remaining 160 Ss (serving as a control) were divided into three conventional classes (fifty-five Ss each) for similar purposes. No significant differences were revealed from an ANOCOVA (analysis of covariance) analysis. Within the limits of this study, it appeared that large-group lectures combined with small-group discussions, were as effective as conventional classes of fifty to sixty Ss.