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Tyler, Joanna – 1979
This study examines the effects of readiness level and learning modality emphasis on the form discrimination performance of kindergarten children on training and transfer tasks. Forty-eight male and 48 female kindergarten children between the ages of 5.5 and 6.5 years participated in the study. The children were randomly selected from a group of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Discrimination Learning, Distinctive Features (Language), Kindergarten Children
Scanlan, David – Engineering Education, 1988
Notes that almost all computer engineering textbooks present algorithms using only verbal methods. Poses that engineering students' ability to handle graphic representation is crucial yet information is presented verbally. Summarizes the results of 12 replications on learner preference for graphic or verbal algorithmic techniques. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Curriculum Design
