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Peer reviewedWang, Tianyu; Andre, Thomas – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1991
The effects of conceptual change text and application questions in 139 college students' learning of electricity concepts were investigated. The experiment was a 2X2X2X2 factorial. Compared to traditional text and no questions, conceptual change text and application questions, respectively, improved acquisition of qualitative concepts.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Electricity
Peer reviewedEnglert, Carol Sue; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
The effects of an intervention--Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing--to improve students' expository writing abilities was studied. The program emphasizes teacher and student dialogues about expository writing strategies, text structure processes, and self-regulated learning. Results of 183 fourth and fifth graders indicate that dialogic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Dialogs (Language), Elementary School Students
