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Peer reviewedCowart, Beverly J.; Beauchamp, Gary K. – Child Development, 1986
Assesses the acceptance of and expressed preference for varying levels of salt in soup among children three to six years of age. (HOD)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes, Sensory Experience
Download full textRoss, E. Wayne – 1985
Following a brief discussion of the lack of definition and cohesion in the social studies and the curriculum, the paper argues that the reflective inquiry rationale has had the most significant influence of all the alternative rationales for the field and its curriculum. The paper presents its case in four basic sections. The first section,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Discovery Learning, Heuristics, Inquiry
Gagne, Robert M. – 1987
This paper defines a schema as a memory structure representing a general concept and its framework of associated concepts, and identifies the three processes by which learning can occur in individuals whose memories are schema-based, i.e., accretion, tuning, and restructuring. Ways in which schema might influence instructional design are then…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning, Instructional Design, Learning Processes
Willen, Birgitta – 1984
Acknowledging a recent increased interest in research about self-directed learning, this report analyzes and discusses two different forms of education: self-directed learning and distance education. Here, self-directed learning is identical with autodidactic learning, a form of education that cannot be included in organized adult education; the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Discovery Learning, Distance Education
Peer reviewedHall, Donald A.; McCurdy, Donald W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Compared is an inquiry-oriented Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) style laboratory approach with a more directive traditional approach on student outcomes in the cognitive and affective domains of learning. Differences in science achievement, reasoning ability, attitude, and stages of development are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Science
Peer reviewedKlein, Phil – Journal of Geography, 1995
Maintains that, if national geography standards are effective, issues-based instructional materials are needed. Reports on a study of the use of 3 modules on environmental education by 480 secondary students in 18 schools. Finds that the students made significant cognitive and skill gains. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
Rubin, Rochelle L.; Norman, John T. – 1989
Previous research has shown a relationship between formal reasoning ability and science process skill attainment. It has been hypothesized that an increased emphasis on teaching process skills might enhance the formal thinking abilities of students. A variety of strategies have been proposed to better accomplish this task, most notable, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Junior High Schools
