This is further evidence that the group exercise has stimulated students to process the concepts into a cognitive structure they can verbalize in the context of an explanation of how self-assembly works, possibly by activating their prior knowledge of molecular mechanisms (cf. Schmidt and Moust, 1998).
This relationship appears reasonable, as students need to recall criteria of an appropriate solution and activate their knowledge about the problem (Jones 2009).
Four were killed in the Bataclan concert hall, three by activating their suicide vests and one shot by police.
PBL is aimed at actively engaging students in their learning by means of activating their prior knowledge, engaging them in elaboration, (i.e. generating meaningful relations between information) and stimulating their interest in seeking for new information (Schmidt et al. in press), using the discussion of PBL problems in small groups under guidance of a tutor.
Participants in the AS condition regulated their learning by activating prior knowledge, monitoring their emerging understanding by using several strategies, and engaging in adaptive help-seeking.
By doing so, students activate their prior knowledge, come up with tentative explanations for the problem, and formulate their own learning goals.
Results reveal that experts spend more time on the main skill 'define problem' and more often activate their prior knowledge, elaborate on the content, and regulate their process.
Math vocabulary, much like reading vocabulary words; need to be put into perspective for children so they can activate their prior knowledge or build their background in order to make connections with each and every word.
Doing so, students activate their prior knowledge, come up with tentative explanations for the problem, and formulate their own learning goals (Hmelo-Silver 2004; Schmidt 1983 , 1993.
