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Hortin, John A. – 1984
Conventional experimental research in mental imagery and visualization presents conflicting findings. Naturalistic inquiry offers an alternative approach for the study of mental imagery and problem solving. Paulo Freire, for example, used a naturalistic approach that emphasized active involvement in learning. Imagery can play an important role in…
Descriptors: Imagery, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Learning Processes

McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson; Fishman, Stephen M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Explores the learning experiences of college students in an Introduction to Philosophy course and the learning experiences of research collaborators themselves. Finds that learning involves juxtaposing conflicting ways of knowing and that learning occurs when authority for knowledge is redistributed. (PRA)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education