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Walkosz, Margaret; Yeany, Russell H. – 1984
This study compared the process skill achievement of students (N=107) completing traditional laboratory exercises with students (N=127) not only completing the same exercises but also receiving instruction in such integrated process skills as identifying variables and stating hypotheses. The relationships among process skill achievement, cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Cognitive Development, College Science
Peer reviewedBoylan, Colin – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1988
Reviews the theoretical framework of instructional programs and the emphasis on enhancing formal reasoning ability. Investigates the effect of an instructional program using inquiry-based learning in pre-service science teacher education students. Reports that the promotion of formal reasoning abilities may be achieved through the five-phase…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Cognitive Development, College Science, Foreign Countries
Download full textBousquet, Woodward Scott – 1982
Based upon Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning, this study focused on the use of concept maps (diagrams that portray relationships among concepts in a given area of study) to help students identify logical relationships between a new concept and concepts already known. Relationships of a learner's prior knowledge and cognitive development to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Mapping
