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Rogoff, Barbara; Gauvain, Mary – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1984
Reports on a study (of 79 Navajo women) that compared the predictiveness of two types of learning experience (schooling and weaving) for pattern continuation skills across varying domains and contexts. Questions the notion that what is learned in particular experiences automatically improves skills in general. (KH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Experiential Learning, Females, Generalization