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Peer reviewedCash, Joseph R.; And Others – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1997
In two automotive air-conditioning classes, an experimental group (n=12) conducted laboratory activities structured by cognitive apprenticeship principles; 14 controls attended lectures. Cognitive apprenticeship was significantly more effective in increasing information acquisition, troubleshooting knowledge, and diagnostic skills. (SK)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Higher Education, Lecture Method, Teaching Methods
Download full textHauger, Garnet Smith – 1997
Several studies have shown the difficulties students encounter in making sense of situations involving rate of change. This study concerns how students discover errors and refine their knowledge when working with rate of change. The part of the study reported here concerns the responses of four precalculus students to a task which asked them to…
Descriptors: Calculus, Error Correction, Graphs, Higher Education
