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Glaser, Robert – 1985
Information-processing students solving problems in the 1960s and 1970s accepted the tradition of early experimental psychology in concentrating primarily on the study of "knowledge-lean" tasks in which competence can usually be acquired over short periods of learning and experience. In recent years, experts have examined knowledge-rich…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies

Booth, Lesley R. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Discusses the importance of identifying and describing the pattern by students in algebra class. Provides some examples showing the usefulness of the method seeing the pattern from mathematical materials. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematical Logic

Fensham, Peter; Kornhauser, Aleksandra – Journal of Chemical Education, 1982
Two presentations at the 1981 International Conference on Chemical Education are summarized: (1) current and future rationales for chemistry instruction and use of Gowin's V for more effective chemistry teaching and (2) creative adaptability toward challenges of chemistry content, society, and the individual, focusing on learning chemistry by…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Concept Formation, Educational Objectives