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Nystrand, Philip Martin – 1974
This dissertation combines linguistics, sociology, aesthetics, and psychology to explore the philosophical and pedagogical assumptions which currently provide the framework for answering the question, "What is English?" The theories of Piaget, Langer, Mead, and Berger and Luckmann are used to define two essential terms: presentational and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Philosophy
Garrard, Judith McKinnon – 1971
The purposes of this study were twofold: (1) to test the hypothesis that a Similarity Rating Model based on a Classification Scheme of relationships between six words in physics is representative of human subjects' judgments of similarity between the six words, and (2) to test the hypothesis that the Classification Scheme could be used in a Word…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
London, David T. – 1975
Data from the stepwise multiple regression of four educational cognitive style predictor sets on each of six academic competence criteria were used to define the concurrent validity of Hill's educational cognitive style model. The purpose was to determine how appropriate it may be to use this model as a prototype for successful academic programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, College Freshmen