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Kugel, Peter – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
It is suggested that most of the things people learn are not taught; they are learned by induction. Learning and teaching theories are analyzed with a focus on the induction theory and its implications. The symbol processing carried out by computers is used as a point for comparison. (JMD)
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Theories, Induction, Information Processing
Download full textMayer, Richard E.; Greeno, James G. – 1974
In the pair of experiments reported here the authors investigated the relationship between meaningfulness of problem statements and subjects' use of these statements in problem-solving tasks. Subjects (96 university students) were required to memorize meaningful formulae such as "volume = area x height" or corresponding symbolic formulae such as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Information Processing, Instruction
Peer reviewedShor, Ronald E. – Journal of General Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Information Processing
