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Amonashvili, Shalva – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1979
Describes experiments in the Soviet Union intended to develop scholastic activities which encourage young children to develop their motivation for cognitive learning. All experiments were based on the problem-solving approach. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
Download full textAnderson, John R. – 1985
According to the ACT theory of skill acquisition, cognitive skills are encoded by a set of productions, which are organized according to a hierarchical goal structure. People solve problems in new domains by applying weak problem-solving procedures to declarative knowledge they have about this domain. From these initial problem solutions,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Experiments, Elementary Secondary Education
