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Hortin, John A. – 1984
Conventional experimental research in mental imagery and visualization presents conflicting findings. Naturalistic inquiry offers an alternative approach for the study of mental imagery and problem solving. Paulo Freire, for example, used a naturalistic approach that emphasized active involvement in learning. Imagery can play an important role in…
Descriptors: Imagery, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Learning Processes
Hortin, John A. – 1985
Two studies were conducted to train students to use imagery in their learning and to investigate whether such training would transfer to solving visual puzzles and verbal problems. In the first study, with 78 graduate students, 29 experimental-group subjects were given a lecture and slide presentation designed to teach about imagery. Both the…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Imagery, Problem Solving
