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Tennyson, Robert D.; Boutwell, Richard C. – Educational Technology, 1974
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Educational Research, Instruction, Sequential Approach
Download full textTennyson, Robert D.; Boutwell, Richard C. – 1973
The instructional design presented in this article discusses a procedure for arranging and sequencing examples and nonexamples for concept teaching in the classroom. Concepts are divided into two types: definition and observation. A definition concept is one in which the critical attributes are determined by the definition, e.g., war. Observation…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Definitions, Generalization
Boutwell, Richard C.; Tennyson, Robert D. – 1973
The multivariate effect of task sequence, memory support, and state anxiety was investigated using a nonverbal concept acquisition task. Ninety-five Indian college students were randomly assigned to four treatment conditions resulting from the task sequences of 1) easy-to-hard and 2) hard-to-easy and from memory support versus nonmemory support.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Educational Research, Learning Processes
