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Direct linkCeci, Stephen J. – American Psychologist, 2003
The author describes his program of research over the past 25 years. This research falls into 6 areas that are interdependent and that inform each other. The overall program is guided by 3 bioecological principles that posit the need for proximal processes and motivation to actualize biological potential. The author presents examples of…
Descriptors: Ability, Self Motivation, Aptitude, Scientific Principles
Download full textEmihovich, Catherine; Miller, Gloria E. – 1986
This brief review of how computers are currently being used and studied in the schools stresses ways in which computers will be used to enhance learning and development, and the need for research on computer learning to consider the multi-functional uses of computers in various contexts, instead of seeing it as a medium with a single effect on…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Epistemology
Chechile, Richard A.; Gordon, Tracey – 1976
A study was performed to investigate the storage and retrieval dynamics that occur during paired-associate acquisition by means of the storage-retrieval separation technique discussed recently by Chechile & Meyer (1976). Thirty subjects learned an 18-item paired-associate list to a criterion of three perfect trials. In the test phase of each…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Learning Processes
Thomas, Gary S. – 1975
Subjects were 96 college students who were assigned to eight experimental groups. Five groups took notes during or after listening to segments of a 16-minute tape-recorded lecture. Note-takers reviewed their notes during a 10-minute review session provided all subjects immediately prior to a 20-minute free recall test given 48 hours after lecture…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Marr, John N.; And Others – 1976
This study investigates the following hypothesis: If the teacher instructs the aide to reinforce good behavior in children, and reinforces the aide for carrying out her instructions, the children' s appropriate behavior will increase. Subjects were seven teacher-aide teams and seven pairs of retarded children (5-20 years of age). For each child,…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Classroom Environment, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
