Irina Patwardhan, Chanelle Gordon, Walter Alex Mason
Trajectories of cognitive flexibility through kindergarten and first grade: Implications for externalizing and internalizing behavior problems in the second grade
Developmental psychology
purpose study apply diagnostic clinical reasoning based upon cognitive teaching help student develop mental structure ailment disease structure built mathematical chaotic deterministic type evaluated identification dynamic attractors achieve purpose clinical diagnostic reasoning skills two groups students compared expert revision 17 clinical cases revision selection relevant data allows construction conceptual maps several dynamic attractors identified based largest number connections stem concepts majority cases statistical analysis showed similarity among types connections established expert several similar dynamic attractors could identified leading us conclude cognitivebased teaching diagnostic clinical reasoning useful developing type skill evaluated identification dynamic attractors