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Peer reviewedCancelli, Anthony A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The complexity hypothesis suggests that the hierarchical arrangement of learning tasks is related to the complexity of the task. Using a definition of complexity based on an analysis of the rules governing performance on a task, the present study lent support to the hypothesis. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Classification, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Learning Theories
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Questions investigated in this study deal with relationships between map problem difficulty and students' acquired level of intellectual development, the effects of sequential mastery of map concepts, and the optimum age to introduce certain map concepts in the geography curriculum. In the main investigation, which covered varied selected,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Difficulty Level, Educational Research, Elementary Education
