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Peer reviewedSand, Ole – National Elementary Principal, 1971
True learning takes place from inquiry into all phenomena, not just from those explained by the standard instructional materials. (RA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Educational Philosophy, Humanism
Cogswell, Coralie – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Content, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedWittrock, M. C. – Educational Researcher, 1979
Beginning with an understanding and a diagnosis of the cognitive and affective processes and aptitudes of the learners, the cognitive approach employs different treatments to stimulate construction of relations between previous learning and experience and new information. Emphasized in this approach is the active role of the learner. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Morine, Greta – Theor Pract, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Peer reviewedBaker-Sennett, Jacquelyn; Ceci, Stephen J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
Two studies were conducted, one using 80 university students and the other 140 fifth through seventh graders, to examine the relationship between problem-solving strategies (leaping and flexibility) and measures of insight and scholastic aptitude. Relationships among insight, leaping, and quantitative scholastic aptitude were found. A…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
KEISLAR, EVAN R.; SHULMAN, LEE S. – 1966
THIS VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE MAJOR SECTIONS. IN THE FIRST SECTION, HAWKINS STATES THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WHICH CAN ONLY BE LEARNED BY DISCOVERY. GLASER IMPLIES THAT WHEN AN OBJECT IS DESCRIBED IN BEHAVIORAL TERMS, THE BEHAVIOR IS TEACHABLE. IN THE SECOND SECTION, WITTROCK REVIEWS THE LITERATURE OF RESEARCH. CRONBACH PRESENTS A CRITICAL…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conferences, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
Muller, Charles – 1978
A study is described of heuristic devices useful in learning both native and second languages. The study concerns particularly the means used by very young students (second and third graders) in vocabulary acquisition and in the establishment of semantic relationships. It was of concern to verify if (1) the children would use their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
