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Snow, Richard E.; Lahman, David F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This article reviews progress toward the development of a cognitive theory of aptitude for learning and presents descriptive and precriptive goals for aptitude theories. Preliminary hypotheses about the nature of cognitive processes in aptitude for learning from instruction are reviewed. Twelve constituent points of the descriptive theory are…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes