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Rohrkemper, Mary; Corno, Lyn – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Argues that classroom learning inevitably requires adaptive responses by students, and that teachers should deliberately promote the development of students' adaptive learning within a supportive classroom environment by emphasizing the constructive benefits of functional failure and the limited benefits of uninformative success. (SKC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Developmental Tasks
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Marx, Ronald W.; Walsh, John – Elementary School Journal, 1988
Offers a descriptive theory of the nature of classroom tasks. Describes the interplay among (1) the conditions under which tasks are set; (2) the cognitive plans students use to accomplish tasks; and (3) the products students create as a result of their task-related efforts. (SKC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes