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Download full textDuckworth, Eleanor – 1979
This booklet contains a speech on the value of discovery learning in building a sound knowledge base. The author contends that systematic concepts (such as spatial relations) should be fully explored by experimentation and discussion in the classroom. The cognitive processes involved in solving problems are examined and examples are given of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Creative Thinking
Robinson, W. P., Ed. – CORE: Collected Original Resources in Education, 1977
Reviews research about child development, curiosity, questioning, boredom, and social class differences, and the relationships between attitudes and capacities of the learners and the content and complexities of the materials. (See TM 504 595 for availability). (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Failure, Apathy, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
