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The Development of Cognitive Skills To Support Inquiry Learning.

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Kuhn, Deanna; Black, John; Keselman, Alla; Kaplan, Danielle – Cognition and Instruction, 2000

Investigated intervention effects on mental models of multivariable causality in middle school students involved in inquiry learning. Found that inquiry learning promoted a correct mental model based on additive effects of individual features and a meta-strategic understanding of the need to control influences of other features. Also found…

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning, Inquiry

Discovery Learning and Discovery Teaching.

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Hammer, David – Cognition and Instruction, 1997

Presents an account of a week of learning and instruction from a high school physics course to provide a context for discussion of the role and demands of teacher inquiry. Argues coordination of student inquiry and traditional content is a matter of discerning and responding to students' particular strengths and needs. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Discovery Learning

Discovery Learning	2
Inquiry	2
Active Learning	1
Classroom Techniques	1
Cognitive Development	1
Cognitive Structures	1
Creative Teaching	1
Discovery Processes	1
Experiential Learning	1
High School Students	1
High Schools	1
Intervention	1
Learning Activities	1
Learning Processes	1
Learning Strategies	1
Middle School Students	1
Middle Schools	1
Performance Factors	1
Physics	1
Science Curriculum	1
Secondary Education	1
Teacher Role	1
Teaching Methods	1
Thinking Skills	1
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