Identifier: TDX:736
Authors:
Domenech Auqué, Montserrat
Abstract:
The aim of this doctoral dissertation is to study: a) role of intelligence in problem solving, b) relationship between intelligence and metacognition, and c) role of metacognition in problem solving.N=140 students of Secondary School between 16 and 18 years old have participated, to whom formal (Differential Aptitude Test and Torrance Test of Creativity Thinking) and informal tests (Scales for Rating the Behavioural Characteristics of Superior Students and an Autobiography) were administered in order to identify high ability students (simple talent, double talent, triple talent, quadruple talent, and giftedness) and average ability students.Problem solving processes were studied with nine logical and insight problems (extracted from literature), as the Tower of Hanoi problem, Nine Dots problem or the Candle problem, among others. These problems had a limited time and solvers were asked to write all the steps carried out to solve them. Two of these problems were opened problems, that is, with different possible correct answers, and the rest of the problems were closed problems, so, with only one answer as the correct solution.In order to know the metacognitive aspects, the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (a metacognitive knowledge test) was administered. Moreover, two items about metacognitive experience of difficulty and execution was administered at the end of each problem resolution. The problems' correction was carried out with a correction system made out for this study, which allowed to catch some aspects of the initial state (comprehension, experience), the process (attempts, attempts evolution, use of the keys, strategies, errors, interferences and motivation) and the final state of the problem (solution). This system allowed us to quantify the qualitative data
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