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Claxton, Guy – 1987
Perspectives on a psychological approach to learning are offered in this paper. Specific emphasis is directed to the assumption that children possess "minitheories." Minitheories are defined as attempts to make sense of particular kinds of experiences and are explained and delimited by the domain of experience to which they currently apply. This…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education