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Wiegand, Virginia Keister – 1969
A Piagetan task (transfer task) and a complex science task (final task) were used to compare the maturational view of Piaget with that of cumulative learning with respect to solving a science problem. A learning hierarchy of subordinate capabilities was constructed for the complex science task. Three phases of the experiment were: (1) pretest on…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Grade 7, Learning Processes, Research
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Resnick, Lauren B.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Difficulty Level, Kindergarten Children, Learning Processes
Boutwell, Richard C.; Tennyson, Robert D. – 1973
The multivariate effect of task sequence, memory support, and state anxiety was investigated using a nonverbal concept acquisition task. Ninety-five Indian college students were randomly assigned to four treatment conditions resulting from the task sequences of 1) easy-to-hard and 2) hard-to-easy and from memory support versus nonmemory support.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Jacobson, M. Jeffrey; Sisemore, David A. – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1976
Results indicate that subjects first observing apparatus operation by electromechanical means performed task better than those who had not, and that there is no significant difference between performance of subjects who had observed demonstration by electromechanical device and those who had observed a human model. Applicability of findings…
Descriptors: Imitation, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Processes, Models
Merrill, M. David – AV Communication Review, 1973
A discussion of research on the use of the task analysis procedures by both content specialists and instructional psychologists in instructional design. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Instructional Design