Justin N Wood, Marc D Hauser
Action comprehension in non-human primates: motor simulation or inferential reasoning?
Trends in cognitive sciences
peerassisted learning effective due cognitive social congruence cognitive congruence created sharing similar knowledge base students student tutors social congruence defined similar social roles questionnaire concepts newly constructed study explored factor analysis instrument crosssectional method design cognitive social congruence operationalised exploratory confirmatory factor analyses cognitive social congruence assessed validated questionnaires selfdeveloped items collected semistructured interviews questionnaire consisted 26 items rated fivepoint likert scale 0 strongly disagree 4 strongly agree 676 medical students participated study exploratory factor analysis students resulted twofactor solution cognitive social congruence confirming factors new findings showed items nonjudgmental learning atmosphere informal communication associated cognitive congruence effectiveness comprehensible explanations belonged social congruence confirmatory factor analysis student tutors confirmed resulting twofactor solution one largest investigation cognitive social congruence study investigated underlying mechanisms effective pal using factor analysis cognitive congruence created sharing knowledge knowledge transfer might play relevant role cognitive congruence social congruence focused relationship student tutors students might impact content level practical recommended actions using language could implemented