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Mayer, Richard E. – 1977
This document discusses how the organization of instruction influences the encoding and structuring of new material in the memory and the subsequent transfer of such information to novel situations. A theory of instruction for problem solving that considers relevant cognitive variables and that specifies the conditions for productive learning is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories

Rowell, J. A.; Dawson, C. J. – Science Education, 1980
Reported is the production of an instructional methodology harmonizing with Piagetian theory and enabling teenage students, including those initially mismatched to the task, to understand the mole, as revealed by their performances on a test of basic skills considered fundamental to that concept. (DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research
Rains, Mary J.; Meinke, Dean L. – 1976
Sixty-four high school students, stratified by field-dependent or independent cognitive style, were randomly assigned to homogeneous or heterogeneous groups of four to attain concepts in the sequence of complex to simple or simple to complex, with either minimal or strategy instructions. Subsequently, each student individually attained four…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Difficulty Level, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)