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Schlatter, Erika; Molenaar, Inge; Lazonder, Ard W. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Scientific reasoning helps children understand the world around them. Teaching scientific reasoning can be challenging because not all component scientific reasoning skills develop at the same age and not all children learn these skills at the same pace. Adaptive support thus seems called for. We designed two types of adaptive instruction, based…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Thinking Skills, Science Instruction, Learning Processes
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Peeck, J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Mobilizing relevant preexisting knowledge significantly facilitated retention of information inconsistent with prior knowledge but did not affect retention of congruous information. A topically organized passage was not better remembered than a topically disorganized one. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Multiple Choice Tests
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Beentjes, Johannes W. J. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1989
Discussion of the amount of mental effort children invest in television viewing versus book reading focuses on a Dutch study based on Salomon's model and his studies with children in Israel and the United States. The depth of information processed is discussed, and differences in results are examined. (18 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries