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Peer reviewedEvans, Roberta D.; Evans, Gerald E. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1989
Theories--based on concretizing, assimilation, and structuring--of the use of metaphors in learning are assessed. Each is shown to predict different patterns of inferences and errors in problem solving. An experiment with 43 undergraduates involving college lectures indicated that structuring may provide the most important function of metaphors in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Inferences
Download full textGreeno, James G.; And Others – 1985
Research was conducted investigating properties of skill in learning, in the domain of elementary algebra. Thinking-aloud protocols indicate that early knowledge of the subjects studied was fragmentary, rather than involving systematically flawed procedures. Computational models, developed to simulate observed errors, focused on the role of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
