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Studies on information processing rates in science learning and related cognitive variables. I: Some theoretical issues related to motivation
Author(s) -
Anderson O. Roger
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660230107
Subject(s) - task (project management) , psychology , function (biology) , inclusion (mineral) , cognitive psychology , cognition , mathematics education , social psychology , management , evolutionary biology , neuroscience , economics , biology
A neuromathematical model of information processing applied to science learning is exanded to include coefficients representing the motivational state of the learner. Two coefficients be included: (1) an exponential coefficient in the gain function representing largely a change rate of learning associated with varying motivation, and (2) an initial factor in the gain quation change in motivation at the outset of a learning task. The inclusion of these variables permits modeling of the effects of variations in motivation on the rate and amount of information in a larning task.