Asghar Iran‐Nejad
Biographic Data
| ID | 6212940 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asghar Iran‐Nejad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asghar |
| FAMILY NAME | Iran‐Nejad |
| SIGNATURE | NEJAD A I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Development of an Instrument to Assess Learning Strategies
Items to measure learning strategies were extracted from students' written narratives about their study and learning habits. A resulting 79-item instrument was administered to 321 graduate and undergraduate students. From factor analysis of the correlation matrix four factors were identified: (I) reflective metacognition, (II) procedural metacognition, (III) rote memorization, and (IV) procrastination. There were significant positive correlations…
A nonconnectionist schema theory of understanding surprise‐ending stories
This paper compares two different ways of thinking about mental schemas that people use to comprehend and remember discourse. A parallel distributed processing (PDP) schema theory postulates that knowledge schemas are stored as connection weight patterns among units in an associative network. A nonconnectionist biofunctional schema theory, on the other hand, assumes that the brain stores no connection information. All knowledge is live knowledge …
Comprehension processes and eye movement patterns in the reading of surprise‐ending stories
This study investigates the pattern of eye movements of skilled adult readers when encountering a surprise ending to a story. Subjects read three surprise‐ending stories while their eye movements were being monitored. As a control condition, some of the stories they read gave the surprise away at the beginning. There was an increase in the number of fixations associated with rereading the surprising lines of the stories when compared to the same …
The relationship in experience between various types of affect
Universit of MichiganThe co-occurence in experience of various emotions was explored, with the focus on positive versusnegative affect. In Study 1,72 subjects read stories designed to produce varying levels of either positiveor negative affect, and then rated their level of both types of affect. In Study 2, 42 participants ratedtheir feelings during emotional times in everyday life for a period of 6 weeks. We found that emotionsof the same hedoni…
The relationship in experience between various types of affect
Universit of MichiganThe co-occurence in experience of various emotions was explored, with the focus on positive versusnegative affect. In Study 1,72 subjects read stories designed to produce varying levels of either positiveor negative affect, and then rated their level of both types of affect. In Study 2, 42 participants ratedtheir feelings during emotional times in everyday life for a period of 6 weeks. We found that emotionsof the same hedoni…
Comprehension processes and eye movement patterns in the reading of surprise‐ending stories
This study investigates the pattern of eye movements of skilled adult readers when encountering a surprise ending to a story. Subjects read three surprise‐ending stories while their eye movements were being monitored. As a control condition, some of the stories they read gave the surprise away at the beginning. There was an increase in the number of fixations associated with rereading the surprising lines of the stories when compared to the same …
A nonconnectionist schema theory of understanding surprise‐ending stories
This paper compares two different ways of thinking about mental schemas that people use to comprehend and remember discourse. A parallel distributed processing (PDP) schema theory postulates that knowledge schemas are stored as connection weight patterns among units in an associative network. A nonconnectionist biofunctional schema theory, on the other hand, assumes that the brain stores no connection information. All knowledge is live knowledge …
The relationship in experience between various types of affect
Universit of MichiganThe co-occurence in experience of various emotions was explored, with the focus on positive versusnegative affect. In Study 1,72 subjects read stories designed to produce varying levels of either positiveor negative affect, and then rated their level of both types of affect. In Study 2, 42 participants ratedtheir feelings during emotional times in everyday life for a period of 6 weeks. We found that emotionsof the same hedoni…
Comprehension processes and eye movement patterns in the reading of surprise‐ending stories
This study investigates the pattern of eye movements of skilled adult readers when encountering a surprise ending to a story. Subjects read three surprise‐ending stories while their eye movements were being monitored. As a control condition, some of the stories they read gave the surprise away at the beginning. There was an increase in the number of fixations associated with rereading the surprising lines of the stories when compared to the same …
A nonconnectionist schema theory of understanding surprise‐ending stories
This paper compares two different ways of thinking about mental schemas that people use to comprehend and remember discourse. A parallel distributed processing (PDP) schema theory postulates that knowledge schemas are stored as connection weight patterns among units in an associative network. A nonconnectionist biofunctional schema theory, on the other hand, assumes that the brain stores no connection information. All knowledge is live knowledge …
Development of an Instrument to Assess Learning Strategies
Items to measure learning strategies were extracted from students' written narratives about their study and learning habits. A resulting 79-item instrument was administered to 321 graduate and undergraduate students. From factor analysis of the correlation matrix four factors were identified: (I) reflective metacognition, (II) procedural metacognition, (III) rote memorization, and (IV) procrastination. There were significant positive correlations…
Psychology (4 works) · Communication (3 works) · Communication (3 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Comprehension (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)