The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of video and group discussion in problem-based video instruction on learner perceptions of learning and knowledge transfer. To achieve this purpose, this study compared learner perceptions of learning and knowledge transfer in problem-based video instruction (PBVI) with those in two other…

After reading a passage from a text which explained the deep and surface approaches to learning, ninety Swedish teenagers and adults with varying levels of formal education were asked to discuss their own learning in terms of this distinction. Surprisingly, sixty-one subjects considered both approaches applicable to their own learning. After…

Two introductory passages, one regular passage, and one experimental advance organizer passage developed to facilitate initial learning were assigned to normal and retarded children. The subjects were 184 normal 8-year-olds (controls' mean IQ 118.00, organizers' 118.80) and 184 educable mentally retarded 15-year-olds (EMR controls' mean IQ 74.85,…

Piaget's notions about schema retention were examined using a sample of 384 disadvantaged four, five, and six year old children from a wide geographical area. The purpose was to examine the idea that schemas may be destroyed or modified by specific methods of interference using a retroactive inhibition model. Pictorial scenes were generated and…

The ability of 616 students (grades 4-9) to apply the ratio concept in a simple measurement and prediction task was investigated. Responses were classified into 11 categories. Results showed those not using proportional reasoning had access to alternate procedures that reflected individual cognitive style rather than Piagetian developmental level.…

The study undertakes to clarify and redefine some of the concepts underlying the relations between visual perception and thinking. A sample bibliography suggests sources for future research. Psychological and psysiological theory is shown historically to have separated the two mental functions in principle. Correspondingly, present-day education,…

The goals of Project PLAN (Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs) are: (1) to identify and define the needs of young people between the ages six and 18, and (2) to develop procedures to enable these people to acquire identified and defined knowledge, attitudes, skills and appreciations. Also included are the specific goals of the school…

This collection of research reports was first introduced at the 1969 Western Washington State College Symposium on Learning. The main theme of the symposium was the application of learning principles to the classroom. Among the topics included are contingency management, educational technology, the contribution of psychology to education,…

This study attempts to determine if the stimulus generalization concept is applicable to school-relevant instruction when the material to be learned is verbal science information. The delivery techniques under investigation were audio, printed, and a simultaneous combination of both media. Three hundred and thirteen tenth grade biology students…

This study involving ninth-grade algebra students investigated whether learning in environments identified in previous research as effective (i.e., exhibiting high levels of learner involvement) elicit significantly higher levels of relevant achievement than do ineffective learning environments. (Author)

The author claims that there are two clearly defined stages regarding images and the way they are used: an "enactive" stage where a degree of identification with the image can be discerned and an "action free" stage. He warns against making assumptions about another person's imagery hence suppressing "equivalent mental…

The article reviews the theories of R. Feuerstein and his instrumental enrichment curriculum designed to furnish tools for thinking and considers implications for students with learning difficulties. (CL)