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Nohl, Arnd-Michael – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Empirical models of transformative learning offer important insights into the core characteristics of this concept. Whereas previous analyses were limited to specific social groups or topical terrains, this article empirically typifies the phases of transformative learning on the basis of a comparative analysis of various social groups and topical…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Models, Concept Teaching, Comparative Analysis
TAGATZ, GLENN E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS RESEARCH CONCERNING CONCEPTUAL BEHAVIOR INVESTIGATED BOTH THE DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF CONCEPTUAL BEHAVIOR IN A CONTROLLED LABORATORY SITUATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF CONCEPT LEARNING IN THIS LABORATORY SETTING TO ACHIEVEMENT IN CURRICULAR AREAS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THIS STUDY INVOLVED STRATIFIED RANDOM SELECTION AND…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
HAUGHEY, BETTY E.; SHORT, JERRY – 1966
TWO STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MULTIPLE-DISCRIMINATION TASKS WERE REPORTED. THE "MULTIPLE CONCEPT" PRESENTS SIMPLE DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL RELATED CONCEPTS AT THE BEGINNING OF INSTRUCTION. INCREASINGLY COMPLEX MATERIAL PERTAINING TO THESE CONCEPTS IS THEN GRADUALLY INTRODUCED. THE "SINGLE CONCEPT" PRESENTS ONE CONCEPT AT A TIME,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Discrimination Learning
Amir, Ruth; Tamir, Pinchas – 1991
The use and analysis of student generated propositions linking two scientific concepts (photosynthesis and respiration) were examined before and after the study of photosynthesis. A proposition-generating task (PGT) was used as a diagnostic tool to indicate student misconceptions and partial understandings. Focus was on determining: how the nature…
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Stahl, Robert J. – 1979
This paper describes a study to determine whether students can, with appropriate instructional materials, develop and apply a knowledge of art concepts. An opening section reviews research on concept acquisition. This study utilized a concept acquisition model developed in 1970 by R. Gagne. Gagne's model proposed that concepts are learned through…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Art Appreciation, Art Education