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Hall, Vernon C. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aural Learning, Intermode Differences, Learning Processes
Kabanova-Meller, E. N. – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book in which the author sums up her research on the problem of training and transfering various types of mental activity. The second part of the book deals with one of the most important problems of mental development, that of the evidences and conditions of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Download full textRohwer, William D., Jr. – 1972
This project was concerned with the topic of elaborative activity and learning efficiency. "Elaboration" is regarded as an hypothetical process, internal to the learner, which consists of conceiving an event that can serve as a common semantic referent for elements that are initially disparate. The objective of the project was to examine…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Learning Processes
ROSENTHAL-HILL, IRENE; SUPPES, PATRICK – 1967
CONCEPT FORMATION IN 50 KINDERGARTENERS WAS STUDIED BY REQUIRING THE CHILDREN TO SORT CARDS ACCORDING TO ONE OF FOUR ATTRIBUTES OF THREE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO EXPLORE THE VALIDITY AND LIMITATIONS OF AN ALL-OR-NONE LEARNING MODEL FOR COMPLEX CLASSIFYING RESPONSES. INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE SUBJECT BY TWO POSITIVE…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1966
THIS SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS MATERIALS ON VARIOUS FACETS OF HUMAN LEARNING. APPROXIMATELY 60 UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED FOR DOCUMENTS DATING FROM 1954 TO 1966. JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOKS, RESEARCH REPORTS, AND CONFERENCE PAPERS ARE LISTED. SOME SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDED ARE (1) LEARNING PARAMETERS AND ABILITY, (2) RETENTION AND…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged
Resnick, Lauren B.; And Others – 1970
Twenty-seven kindergarten subjects were trained on two different double classification matrix tasks to determine whether they were hierarchically related. Prior behavioral analyses had shown one task to be simpler than the other. It was assumed that, in hierarchical transfer relationships, one order of task acquisition is more favorable than…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives
Whyte, Jean; Harland, Rosemary – 1981
A study investigated the proposition that males have a predominant tendency to encode visually when reading, whereas females tend to encode phonologically. Arabic symbols were used to teach a group of 24 college students to "read." Subjects were assigned randomly to one of two conditions: learning the symbols as "letters" one by one with the aid…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Learning Modalities
HOLDING, D.H. – 1965
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEVISING TRAINING PROGRAMS IN INDUSTRY BE AWARE OF THE PROCESS OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SUBMIT NEW SKILLS TO FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS RATHER THAN IMITATE TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE WORKED IN OTHER SKILLS. THERE IS A LACK OF A SUFFICIENTLY WELL-TESTED SYSTEM OF PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING AND OF A…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Experimental Psychology, Feedback, Guidance
