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Fensham, Peter; Kornhauser, Aleksandra – Journal of Chemical Education, 1982
Two presentations at the 1981 International Conference on Chemical Education are summarized: (1) current and future rationales for chemistry instruction and use of Gowin's V for more effective chemistry teaching and (2) creative adaptability toward challenges of chemistry content, society, and the individual, focusing on learning chemistry by…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Concept Formation, Educational Objectives

Regehr, Glenn; Norman, Geoffrey R. – Academic Medicine, 1996
Research developments in cognitive psychology, and their implications for teaching and learning at the level of professional education, are summarized. Areas discussed include organization of long-term memory, influences on storage and retrieval from memory, problem solving and transfer/use of analogy, concept formation/categorization/pattern…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation