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Fields, Stephen C. – 1985
Aptitude treatment interaction (ATI) for the two most widely used science teaching strategies (lecture method and lecture method augmented with classroom activities) was investigated. The aptitude variables examined were cognitive ability level expressed in Piagetian terms and cognitive learning style (field independence/dependence). A sample of…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Biology, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
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Download full textPowell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1982
Five articles on higher education in Australia and New Zealand are presented, along with two review articles. "Australian Higher Education Research and Society. Part I: Post-War Reconstruction and Expansion, 1940-1965" (D. S. Anderson and E. Eton) is a review of research on higher education in Australia and New Zealand since World War…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Students
Schonwetter, Dieter J.; And Others – 1993
This study investigated the effects of college students' actual, rather than manipulated, perception of control along with expressive instruction, as they relate to cognitive and emotional aspects of academic achievement. In a simulated college classroom study, 228 male and female introductory psychology students at the University of Manitoba…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
