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Marewski, Julian N.; Schooler, Lael J. – Psychological Review, 2011
How do people select among different strategies to accomplish a given task? Across disciplines, the strategy selection problem represents a major challenge. We propose a quantitative model that predicts how selection emerges through the interplay among strategies, cognitive capacities, and the environment. This interplay carves out for each…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Familiarity, Holistic Approach
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Macken-Horarik, Mary – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
A curriculum is a knowledge structure outlining what is to be learned in what order. The Australian curriculum for English emphasises creation of a "coherent" and "cumulative" "body of knowledge about how the English language works", with learning that is "portable and applicable to new settings across the school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Differences, Stakeholders
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Barnett, Ronald – Oxford Review of Education, 1993
Asserts that, in modern society, knowledge, higher education, and society act upon each other as separate forces. Examines and compares critical theory and postmodernism and their impact on higher education. Concludes that the differences between these two frameworks as interpretations of higher education can be reconciled. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Critical Theory, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy