A laboratory study was performed with four levels of discovery and two levels on an overlearning factor. An improved experimental paradigm was chosen so as to avoid a number of confusions which have obscured previous research. An operational definition was developed for discovery and guided discovery and discovery teaching, and inquiry learning.…

This report contains a discussion of a classification and attention training program for Head Start children. Chapter One presents the theoretical background of the project, which is based on Piaget's model of attention and classification. The methods used in the program are explained in Chapter Two. The next chapter discusses curriculum…

After a review of previous research, a critical review of "Comparative Values and Achievement of Mexican-American and Anglo Pupils," by Audrey J. Schwartz, and "Educational Achievement and Aspirations of Mexican-American Youth in a Metropolitan Context," by C. Wayne Gordon et al., is constructed. The objective of this paper is to extend and expand…

Based on the broader needs for long-term studies of the effects of instructional treatments, for behavioral objectives, and for learning hierarchies, this research investigated differences in the effect on learning and rate of forgetting when students are informed of the behavioral objectives and learning hierarchy. It was expected that students…

Examined was the influence of the passage of time on the effects resulting from viewing an instructional film and to corroborate the findings of a similar, earlier study. Eighth grade students (829) of a California suburban school district were assigned, in random groups, to varied treatments involving pretesting, film viewing, immediate…

This study examined the relationship between convergent and divergent thinking and performance errors in reversal and nonreversal concept tasks. The results show: (1) a positive relationship between convergent performance and concept errors; and (2) an inverse relationship between divergent performance and concept errors. These correlational…

This paper reports results of two retention studies. In each, tests were given some time after instruction to a class of students whose initial level of performance was quite high. Results of these studies are summarized in terms of evidence related to the following questions: (1) to what extent are performances immediately following learning…

In bilingual education programs, instruction may be (1) "less-than-half," in which instruction is mostly in English except for such subjects as social studies and native language arts; (2) "half-and-half," in which instruction is half in the student's language, half in English; or (3) "more-than-half," which provides instruction entirely in the…

Consideration of computer-assisted instruction in the classroom has led to an analysis of the educational process including the need for developing more adequate models of the learning processes and increased attention to the function of the teacher (human or computer) as a decision maker. Given a descriptive model of the learning process, it is…

A sequence of studies compared two types of discrimination formation: errorless learning and trial-and-error procedures. The subjects were three boys and five girls from a university preschool. The children performed the experimental tasks at a typical match-to-sample apparatus with one sample window above and four match (response) windows below.…

The experiment tested the effects of presentation word orders in a multitrial free-recall task. Three types of presentation were used: (1) randomized; (2) constant order; and (3) maintained order (maintenance of subjects order of recall on the subsequent presentation). In addition, the effects of number of recalls per presentation (1 or 3) were…

The purpose of these four studies (two pilot studies and two experiments) was to investigate the effects of verbal processes and dimensional preferences in children's learning and transfer. Experiment I investigated the effect of verbal instructions upon motor responses. Discriminate verbal instructions produced statistically significant higher…

Today's children receive information in relatively unstructured form through communications media which surmount barriers of time and space. In comparison, traditional sequential learning may seem slow and uninteresting. Technological innovation in education would make it possible to place emphasis on student discovery through informative media,…

It was hypothesized that the acquisition of conservation behavior would be facilitated when stimuli were more concrete than abstract. Eighty white second graders were randomly assigned to four groups and presented with three conservation-of-weight problems. Clay balls and the conservation transformations were either shown, demonstrated, and…

In an attempt to develop a theoretical framework with which to evaluate a Comprehensive Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) Project, the assumptions underlying this model of career education are discussed. The curriculum and learning strategies of the EBCE programs are described, and it is demonstrated how John Dewey's philosophy can serve as…