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The Effects of a Structured Learning Sequence on Children's Correlative Thinking About Biological Phenomena

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Nous, Albert; Raven, Ronald – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1973

Studied the effectiveness of using a Piaget-based structured program to enhance correlative thinking of fifth, seventh, and ninth grade children. Concluded that ninth grade students profited from learning of logical operations although some had difficulty with the equivalence and reciprocal exclusion operations. (CC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Materials

The Effects of a Structured Learning Sequence on the Achievement on Compensatory Tasks

Peer reviewed

Hammond, John; Raven, Ronald – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1973

Studied the effectiveness of using a structured set of exercises to help sixth and eighth grade students in learning compensatory tasks. Concluded that students in the formal operations stage could benefit from training on logical operations. (CC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Instructional Materials