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Beasley, Warren – Science Education, 1985
Analyzes three approaches (physical, mental, combined practice) to improving freshman chemistry psychomotor laboratory skills. Although no significant differences were found between treatments, there were significant differences when each was compared to the control sections. Mental practice appears to offer an efficient methods for reinforcement…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Laboratory Procedures

Carr, David – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1984
It is argued that a behavioral objectives approach to dance education is dangerously limited because it is dominated by a particular view of theoretical psychology that attempts to understand skill learning in terms of conditioning and reinforcement. This approach is especially limited in the teaching of creative and expressive dance. (RM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Conditioning, Creativity, Dance Education