Improving Cognitive Complexity via Seminar Methodology in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Lopez, Pau; Gallifa, Josep
Titel	Improving Cognitive Complexity via Seminar Methodology in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education in Europe, 33 (2008) 4, S.471-482 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0379-7724
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Communication; Seminars; Cognitive Processes; Teaching Methods; Knowledge Level; Instructional Effectiveness; Role of Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Critical Thinking; Reflection; Undergraduate Study; Student Development; College Students; Student Participation; Pretests Posttests; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Seminar; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wissensbasis; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungsauftrag; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kritisches Denken; Grundstudium; Collegestudent; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Spanien
Abstract	This paper presents the main functions that university plays in society and describes the seminar methodology created at Ramon Llull University. Specifically the article focuses on and explains how seminars help to promote complex knowledge in students. An empirical study with students participating in seminars is designed to assess the improvement in students' cognitive complexity. Cognitive complexity is understood as personal construct system complexity measured through different differentiation and integration indexes. Results are that participation in a semester seminar work results in an increase in cognitive complexity, improving all differentiation indexes. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10