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Higginbotham-Wheat, Nancy – 1990
This review of the literature on five learner control variables in computer-based instruction concludes that: (1) pacing left to learner control has been found ineffective because learners tend to procrastinate or to exit lessons prematurely; (2) sequence, or content flow, has been an ineffective variable left under learner control since…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Learner Controlled Instruction, Pacing

Mumford, Michael D.; And Others – Roeper Review, 1993
This article examines the relationship of cognitive processing and creativity and argues that educational interventions contribute to the development of creative thinking skills when they provide requisite knowledge structures and stress controlled application of these processes in solving progressively more complex problems. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creativity, Difficulty Level