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Hogan, Michael J. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2006
Quality thinking and quality teaching are desirable but difficult to achieve. Although lectures are necessary to teach information, one cannot rely on them to promote critical and constructive thinking skills. Nevertheless, didacticism remains the dominant teaching strategy in secondary education and in university, perhaps because it is viewed as…
Descriptors: Didacticism, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking
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Muller-Kalthoff, Thiemo; Moller, Jens – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2003
To counter user disorientation and cognitive overload, hypertext environments often incorporate navigational aids in the form of graphical overviews of the hypertext structure. The aim of the present experimental investigation of learning in hypertext environments was to examine the impact of such graphical overviews on learning achievement in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Hypermedia, Prior Learning, Self Concept
Grider, Clint – 1993
Cognitive-learning theories hold a unique place in history: they explore the depths of the mind from the perspective of process. This paper discusses the history of cognitive-learning theories and how they grew to shape the way one perceives, organizes, stores, and retrieves information. The paper, after providing a definition and synopsis of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Epistemology, Hermeneutics, Learning
Atwood, Beth S. – Learning, 1975
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Learning, Student Adjustment, Student Improvement
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Schweizer, Ilva T. – Reading Teacher, 1974
Discusses Samuel Orton's writings on cerebral dominance and effects of certain neurological anomalies on learning. (WR)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning, Reading, Reading Ability
Clement, John – 1984
Since Polya, Wertheimer, and Hadamard's descriptions of qualitative reasoning strategies used by scientists and mathematicians, very little data have been collected on whether these strategies are actually used by experts. This study used video-taped thinking-aloud interviews to examine the problem solving strategies of professors and advanced…
Descriptors: Analogy, Learning, Logical Thinking, Physics
DeNike, Lee; Strother, Seldon D. – Educational Technology, 1975
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Learning
Cochran, Barbara J. – Research Quarterly, 1975
In this study, it was determined that the fatigue state of the learner had a favorable influence on both performance and learning of certain novel motor skills. (JS)
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Learning, Performance Factors, Psychomotor Skills
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Lawton, Edward J. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1975
Descriptors: Conformity, Desegregation Methods, Integrity, Learning
Schmidt, Richard A. – Res Quart AAHPER, 1969
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Learning, Performance, Physical Education
Stelmach, George E. – Res Quart AAHPER, 1969
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Learning, Performance, Physical Education
Rexine, John E. – Impr Coll Univ Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Higher Education, Learning, Self Actualization
Morton, Richard K. – Impr Coll Univ Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Learning, Urban Culture, Urban Environment
ASH, PHILIP; JASPEN, NATHAN – 1953
AN EXPERIMENT DESIGNED TO DISCOVER WHETHER THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING WHICH COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENCES IN ROOM ILLUMINATION, VIEWING ANGLE, AND DISTANCE FROM THE SCREEN AS THEY RELATED TO THE CABINET-TYPE PROJECTOR WAS PRESENTED. PARTICIPANTS WERE 721 TRAINEES AT THE GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING STATION. THE TASK CHOSEN WAS THE…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Films, Learning, Projection Equipment
SMITH, KINSLEY R.; VANORMER, E.B. – 1949
A REPORT ON INSTRUCTIONAL SOUND MOTION PICTURES IS PRESENTED. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT INVOLVES THE AREA OF PSYCHOLOGICAL LEARNING PRINCIPLES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO LEARNING FROM FILMS. THE LEARNING PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATED ARE--THE GREATER THE MOTIVATION, THE GREATER THE LEARNING, THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNS ONLY BY HIS OWN ACTIVITY, AND THE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Media, Equipment, Learning
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