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Donovan, Michael P. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1998
Argues that students are conditioned by years of multiple-choice testing to use only simple recall and view knowledge as an uncataloged museum full of independent facts that are collected, recited, and left to gather dust. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Learning Strategies

Klionsky, Daniel J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1998
Points out that college freshmen expect major changes in the academic environment as they move from secondary school. Recommends that faculty use this opportunity to show students how to think for themselves. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies