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Publications
33
Citations
2.1K
H-Index
20
Active since
1989
Affiliations
Brock University(Current)
University of Maryland, College Park
Wilfrid Laurier University
Western University
University of Waterloo
Vera Woloshyn is an author at Brock University specializing in education, social sciences, and cognitive science.
Top concepts
EducationSocial SciencesCognitive ScienceInstructionLearningLanguageCognitionPsychologyEducational PsychologyLanguage Learning
Publications per year
1989–2022
Becoming famous without being recognized: Unconscious influences of memory produced by dividing attention.
Larry L. Jacoby, Vera Woloshyn, Colleen Kelley · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1989 · 585 citations
Unconscious Influences, Cognitive Science, Mnemonic +13
Encouraging Mindful Use of Prior Knowledge: Attempting to Construct Explanatory Answers Facilitates Learning
Michael Pressley, Eileen Wood, Vera Woloshyn et al. · Educational Psychologist · 1992 · 375 citations
Inquiry-based Learning, True Experiments, Educational Psychology +20
A primer of research on cognitive strategy instruction: The important issues and how to address them
Michael Pressley, Vera Woloshyn, Linda Lysynchuk et al. · Educational Psychology Review · 1990 · 139 citations
Instructional Design, Important Issues, Cognitive Science +12
Sometimes Adults Miss the Main Ideas and Do Not Realize It: Confidence in Responses to Short-Answer and Multiple-Choice Comprehension Questions
Michael Pressley, Elizabeth S. Ghatala, Vera Woloshyn et al. · Reading Research Quarterly · 1990 · 111 citations
Elaborative-interrogation and prior-knowledge effects on learning of facts.
Vera Woloshyn, Michael Pressley, Wolfgang Schneider · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1992 · 100 citations
Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Psycholinguistics +21
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