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Download full textParis, Scott G.; Cairns, Robert B. – 1971
The effectiveness of positive and negative evaluative comments for children's learning was assessed in a two-choice discrimination task. Results indicate that negative comments after incorrect responses greatly facilitated learning while positive comments after correct responses had little effect. To explain the findings, a naturalistic analysis…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary School Students, Learning, Learning Motivation
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. – 1971
The results of a group of studies, the objective of which was to clarify the conditions that account for the effectiveness of verbal approbation, are reported. Among the most significant findings were: (1) that the reinforcement properties of verbal approval are susceptible to distortion, misinterpretation or enhancement and must be applied in a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Discrimination Learning, Learning
Taylor, Arthur M. – 1970
The reports of eight studies testing the effects of elaboration on the learning of children are compiled in this document. Mental elaboration is "thinking while learning" which occurs as the learner actively adds context to the material he is asked to process. Supplied elaboration, included in these studies, occurs when the learner is provided…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes
Alberta Univ., Edmonton. Dept. of Elementary Education. – 1971
This monthly publication from Canada highlights a particular subject area of the curriculum in each issue. The March, 1971 newsletter is devoted to the social studies and contains the following articles: The Language of Social Studies, by Edna C. Wilson-Press; Some Questions About Values, by Joseph M. Kirman; Valuing in Elementary Social Studies:…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Trends
Stones, E. – 1970
The readings compiled for this collection require that the reader have an acquaintance with the basic ideas in the field of educational psychology and a desire to read further and make direct contact with some original sources. The main selection criterion of the papers that are included was their coverage of classroom learning with particular…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Psychology, Intellectual Disciplines
Kane, Robert B.; And Others – 1971
The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate procedures for validating a learning hierarchy from test data. An initial hierarchy for the computational skills of adding rational numbers with like denominators was constructed using Gagne's task analysis. A test designed to assess mastery at each of the 11 levels in this hierarchy was…
Descriptors: Achievement, Addition, Elementary School Students, Learning Theories
Barnes, Buckley Richard – 1972
The purpose of the study, part of the research and curriculum development of the Anthropology Curriculum Project, was to compare the facilitative effects of pre- and post-organizers on the learning of structured anthropology materials at the sixth-grade level. Organizers were defined, in this thesis, as written material that serves the function of…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Doctoral Dissertations
Clawson, Elmer Ulmont – 1972
This dissertation report, stemming from research and curriculum development activities of the Anthropology Curriculum Project, investigates the facilitative effects of pre-organizers, post-organizers, and no-organizers on the learning of anthropological concepts in the third grade. The investigation was an outgrowth of interest in Ausubel's theory…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Research, Doctoral Dissertations
Gray, Burl B.; Ryan, Bruce P. – 1973
This book, written for students, teachers (clinicians), and researchers, presents a behavioral interpretation of language, a resultant teaching strategy, and data from eight years of experience with the method. The first chapter of the book presents a behavioral description of the critical concepts involved in language training and puts forth a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Books, Children, Conditioning
Smart, Margaret – 1973
Piaget's concepts of knowledge seen as a result of active interaction between the child and his environment, and motivation, seen as intrinsic to intellectual functioning, have implications for the development of preschool programs. A preschool program must be action-oriented if the child is to learn to "know" and must offer an…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development
Khan, Akhter – 1972
Twenty-four nursery school children ranging from 3.11 years to 5.11 years were tested in counting objects that varied in similarity and contiguity. Objects were presented in three arrangements: arrangements composed of subgroups of contiguous identical objects; arrangements without subgroups; and arrangements composed of subgroups of discontiguous…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Doctoral Dissertations, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Berg, Paul C., Ed.; George, John E., Ed. – 1968
The three papers presented in this publication examines in depth the thought and practices that currently prevail in the specialized areas of reading and concept attainment. Two of the papers deal with concept learning and the transformation of this knowledge into instructional guidelines. The third paper considers the importance of concept…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Child Development, Concept Formation
Suppes, Patrick – 1973
This project was concerned with the development of mathematical models of elementary mathematics learning and performance. Probabilistic finite automata and register machines with a finite number of registers were developed as models and extensively tested with data arising from the elementary-mathematics strand curriculum developed by the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning
Feely, Ted M., Jr. – 1972
An investigation of the function of the term "inquiry" in the field of social studies is made in this conference paper. Inquiry as an activity of student investigation is examined. The distinction is made between student-centered and scholarly-based inquiry in social studies classes. Two perspectives are discussed--inquiry as a process and inquiry…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Conference Reports, Discovery Processes, Educational Research
GAETH, JOHN H. – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS THE SECOND PART OF AN INVESTIGATION OF VERBAL LEARNING IN CHILDREN, THE FIRST PART BEING CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTS OF AUDITORY, VISUAL, AND COMBINED AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATIONS UPON THE LEARNING OF VARIOUS KINDS OF MATERIALS IN A PAIRED-ASSOCIATE PARADIGM. THIS PORTION OF THE STUDY INVOLVED AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Aural Learning, Hearing Impairments, Learning Processes
