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Smith, Patricia L. – 1988
This paper describes prominent cognitive psychology techniques and considers the extent to which these techniques are being used in instructional research studies reported in publications of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Four techniques from cognitive psychology are described: secondary task techniques,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Educational Technology, Instructional Design
Smith, Patricia L.; Wedman, John F. – 1988
This study compared the effects of an elaborated unit of instruction and a hierarchical unit on students' online processing activities, efficiency of encoding new information, and facility in solving problems. Participants were six education graduate students rated as novices on the to-be-learned content--a unit on the principles of photography.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Encoding (Psychology), Graduate Students
Download full textJohnston, James D.; Whitenack, Joy W. – 1992
Recent research has focused on how prospective teachers formulate beliefs related to teaching and learning mathematics and science. This paper examines the use of videotaped mathematics and science lesson segments to aid in the description or identification of initial belief structures of prospective elementary school teachers. Using a…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Constructivism (Learning)
