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An Object Lesson: Objects, Non-Objects, and the Power of Conceptual Construal in Adjective Extension
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LaTourrette, Alexander; Waxman, Sandra R. – Language Learning and Development, 2021
Despite the seemingly simple mapping between adjectives and perceptual properties (e.g., color, texture), preschool children have difficulty establishing the appropriate extension of novel adjectives. When children hear a novel adjective applied to an individual object, they successfully extend the adjective to other members of the same object…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Difficulty Level, Concept Formation, Pictorial Stimuli
Do Experts and Novices Direct Attention Differently in Examining Physics Diagrams? A Study of Change Detection Using the Flicker Technique
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Morphew, Jason W.; Mestre, Jose P.; Ross, Brian H.; Strand, Natalie E. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
It is known that experts identify or perceive meaningful patterns in visual stimuli related to their domain of expertise. This study explores the speed with which experts and novices detect changes in physics diagrams. Since change detection depends on where individuals direct their attention, differences in the speed with which experts and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Novices, Physics, Visual Aids
Social Constructivism and Case-Writing for an Integrated Curriculum
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Doubleday, Alison F.; Brown, Blase; Patston, Philip A.; Jurgens-Toepke, Pamela; Strotman, Meaghan Driscoll; Koerber, Anne; Haley, Colin; Briggs, Charlotte; Knight, G. William – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2015
Case-writing within an integrated, systems-based health professions education curriculum presents many unique challenges. Specifically, case-writing in this context must consider integration of multidisciplinary learning objectives and synthesis of biomedical and clinical sciences. Establishing an effective process for content integration and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Case Method (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
THE EFFECT ON INSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLEMENTARY USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA WITH MODIFIED PATTERNS IN THE USE OF THE TEACHING STAFF.
FRITZ, JOHN O. – 1963
TWO HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS CLASSES WERE CHOSEN TO BE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS IN A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA USED IN A COMPLEMENTARY (RATHER THAN SUPPLEMENTARY) ROLE IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS. FOUR CLASSES TAUGHT BY TWO TEACHERS COMPRISED THE CONTROL GROUP. THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN WAS COMPLICATED IN THAT THE GROUPS WERE STRATIFIED…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, High Schools, Instructional Innovation
INDIVIDUALIZED READING VS. GROUP READING.
DOLCH, EDWARD W. – 1961
THE INDIVIDUALIZED METHOD OF TEACHING READING IS BEING USED IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND MORE AND MORE SCHOOLS ARE BEGINNING TO TRY IT. THE MONOGRAPH WAS PREPARED TO HELP THOSE INTERESTED IN INDIVIDUALIZED READING TO UNDERSTAND THE METHOD, THE PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE, AND HOW IT COMPARES, IN DETAIL, WITH THE METHOD OF GROUP READING.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Group Reading, Individual Reading, Learning Processes
Partnerships for Success through Research in Agricultural Education. Proceedings of the 1996 National Agricultural Education Research Meeting (Cincinnati, Ohio, December 4, 1996). Volume XXIII.
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Wardlow, George W., Ed.; Johnson, Donald M., Ed. – 1996
The following are among the 42 papers and 8 poster sessions included: "Association of Methodology and Student Learning Style on Student Perception of a Collegiate Leadership Course" (McNulty, Townsend); "Learning Styles and Cognitive Performance of Secondary School Pupils" (Cox, Connors); "Effect of Style-Specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, American Indians