noncognitive
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- adjective
- /nɒnˈkɒɡnɪtɪv/
- Specialized
:
no cognitivo
- The authors tested the importance of one noncognitive trait: grit.
- noncognitive skills
- noncognitive measures
- noncognitive factors
Examples
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Other empirical findings suggest that measures of postgraduate competence include both cognitive and noncognitive skills.
Academic text (2002) -
These are views that ignore the noncognitive qualitative context in which thinking occurs.
Academic text (2016) -
Instead, our perception of the world is often shaped by noncognitive interests.
Academic text (2000) -
More research on the effectiveness of using multiple measures for academic placement, as well as guidance on the potential uses of the noncognitive assessments, is certainly needed.
Academic text (2011) -
It is difficult to determine how these individual noncognitive aspects impact the student with the given archival data.
Academic text (2012) -
When examining student retention, a common practice is to predict student retention status or cumulative grade average, which typically involves cognitive and noncognitive factors.
Academic text (2012) -
A more inclusive definition might also encompass physical education and health, citizenship, noncognitive skills, and other nonacademic outputs.
Academic text (2017) -
Seybert (1994) suggests researching how college affects students in both cognitive and noncognitive realms.
Academic text (1996) -
A more inclusive paradigm of mind is needed—one that incorporates cognitive processes along with noncognitive processes, such as affectations, feelings, emotions, unconscious structures, and motivations.
Academic text (2004) -
Teachers can help students develop their noncognitive skills, such as motivation and teamwork.
Synonyms
Not needing much thinking or serious ideas
Not done with active attention or careful choice
Antonyms
How Cognitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word noncognitive breaks into non- meaning 'not' and cognitive from a root that means 'to know', like the common word 'know'. So noncognitive describes skills or traits that are 'not about thinking' but about behavior, feelings, or personal habits.