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Bourne, Lyle E., Jr.; And Others – 1969
A series of exploratory studies and three experiments dealing with conceptual rule learning are reported in this paper. Discussants related the results to subject matter fields and to educational research and development. Four groups of subjects, five to twelve years old, solved six rule learning problems. It was concluded that younger children…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Children, Concept Formation, Educational Research
Davis, Robert B. – 1983
Research on mathematics instruction is reviewed in order to respond to two questions: (1) Has the influx of talented people who have entered the mathematics instruction field over the last three decades changed anything? and (2) Will any of the work being done actually improve mathematics instruction? The different ways in which parents, students,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Seidel, Robert J.; Hunter, Harold G. – International Review of Applied Psychology, 1970
Research was undertaken to establish guidelines for applying programed instruction to training courses in which rules and principles must be learned. The research vehicle was a portion of a course using automated instruction to teach computer programing. The effects of various factors on helping the students remember and apply the instruction were…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Concept Teaching, Data Processing, Discovery Learning