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Peer reviewedDuemler, David; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
That reflectiveness was directly related to creative problem-solving was tested in two experiments with 58 college students solving induction problems by conventional or unconventional rules. Extremely reflective or extremely impulsive students on conventional problems performed worse on the unconventional problems than did those moderately…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Creative Thinking, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBromage, Bruce K.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
This study concerns the role of structural properties of scientific prose: description of relations and explanation of mechanisms. The latter is isolated as a characteristics related to creative problem solving. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E. – Review of Educational Research, 1989
This review of 20 studies examines 3 predictions concerning the effects of conceptual models on students' understanding of scientific prose: (1) that models improve recall of conceptual information; (2) that they decrease verbatim retention; and (3) that they increase creative solutions on transfer problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
