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Schaie, K. W. – Human Development, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Generalization, Intellectual Development
Grotelueschen, Arden – Adult Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Adult Students, Intelligence Differences, Mathematics Education, Paired Associate Learning
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Stanchfield, Jo M. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Experimental Programs, Kindergarten, Prereading Experience
Rothenberg, Barbara B.; Orost, Jean H. – Child Develop, 1969
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Kindergarten Children, Methods Research, Number Concepts
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Verbist, R., Ed.; And Others – Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 1979
The first of five articles in this journal reports on a project aimed at studying the influence of the way in which problems of arithmetic are worded. Some variables in the wording were found to affect the performance of children, and terms were isolated which increased the percentage of failure. The second article describes a technique for…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Blindness, Disabilities, Educational Research
LASHINGER, DONALD R.; SHELDON, WILLIAM D. – 1966
THIS STUDY EVALUATED THE EFFECTS OF A BASAL READER PROGRAM, A MODIFIED LINGUISTIC APPROACH, AND A LINGUISTIC READER PROGRAM AS MEASURED BY THE READING ACHIEVEMENT OF 469 CHILDREN IN 21 CLASSES AT THE END OF FIRST GRADE. ACHIEVEMENT COMPARIONS WERE ALSO MADE ON THE BASES OF (1) SEX, (2) INTELLIGENCE, AND (3) RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN READING READINESS…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis
GROTELUESCHEN, ARDEN – 1968
IN THIS STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF STRUCTURE AND SEQUENCE ON ADULT LEARNING, 96 ADULTS UNFAMILIAR WITH NUMBER BASES AND RANGING IN AGE FROM 23 TO 53 WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO FOUR DIFFERENTIALLY STRUCTURED INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS (HISTORY OF MEASUREMENT, BASE TEN, BASE SEVEN, OR PRINCIPLES OF NUMBER BASES) AND TO THREE DIFFERENTIALLY SEQUENCED…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Individual Characteristics
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Boreham, N. C.; And Others – Instructional Science, 1985
This study investigated the effects of two sequences of instruction--theory-to-application and application-to-theory--on medical students' cognitive preferences in preclinical science teaching. Results indicate that presenting an example of the clinical application of biochemical theory before presenting the theory itself increased students'…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Analysis of Variance, Biochemistry, Epistemology
GROTELUESCHEN, ARDEN – 1967
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS ON ADULT LEARNING OF DIFFERENTIALLY STRUCTURED INTRODUCTORY COGNITIVE LEARNING TASKS AND MATERIALS, AND THE INTERACTION OF INTELLIGENCE WITH THE EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED MATERIAL AND TASK CATEGORIES. ABOUT 96 ADULTS WHO WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF NUMBER BASES WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO A 4X3X4…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Learning Theories