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Peer reviewedFerguson, Erika L.; Hegarty, Mary – Cognition and Instruction, 1995
Two experiments examined how learning from different media--real pulley systems or simple line diagrams--affected mechanical learning and problem solving. The first showed that subjects' learning improved equally in both cases; all subjects showed an increase in quantitative understanding as they learned; and subjects manipulating real pulley…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies
