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Switzky, Harvey N. – American Journal of Psychology, 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the distinctiveness of stimulus cues on the relevant and irrelevant dimensions - both in original learning and in transfer - on the learning of intradimensional shifts by retarded subjects. (Author)
Descriptors: Cues, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation, Psychological Studies
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Stahl, Elmar; Pieschl, Stephanie; Bromme, Rainer – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
This article presents an explorative study, which is part of a comprehensive project to examine the impact of epistemological beliefs on metacognitive calibration during learning processes within a complex hypermedia information system. More specifically, this study investigates: 1) if learners differentiate between tasks of different complexity,…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Information Systems, Epistemology, Difficulty Level
Ginther, Dean W.; Brazas, Adam T. – 1986
The contribution of decentration as an underlying component of discrimination learning and discrimination shift behavior was investigated in this study. In addition, the effect of verbal labeling and the relationship of academic achievement to discrimination learning and decentration was considered. The subjects were 120 first grade students who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1