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Bertenthal, Bennett I.; Scheutz, Matthias – Cognitive Science, 2013
Cooper et al. (this issue) develop an interactive activation model of spatial and imitative compatibilities that simulates the key results from Catmur and Heyes (2011) and thus conclude that both compatibilities are mediated by the same processes since their single model can predict all the results. Although the model is impressive, the…
Descriptors: Models, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Reader Response
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Perkins, D. N.; Salomon, Gavriel – Educational Leadership, 1988
Students often fail to apply knowledge and skills learned in one context to other situations. Although the implicit assumption in educational practice has been that transfer takes care of itself, a knowledge of the mechanisms of transfer can enable educators to help their students integrate general and local knowledge. (TE)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization
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Pressley, Michael – Child Development, 1982
The research literature on children's production of elaborations in associative learning tasks is reviewed, especially with respect to the questions of when children can produce elaborations under instruction, when they transfer elaborative strategy usage from one situation to another, and when they produce elaborative strategies spontaneously.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development