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Peer reviewedBrewer, N.; Nettelbeck, T. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Apparently contradictory findings regarding the locus of information processing differences between retarded and nonretarded persons were discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
Download full textBuchmann, Margret; Schwille, John – 1982
The presuppositions that favor firsthand experience over secondhand information, as pertaining to learning and education, are questioned. It is noted that, when education and firsthand experience are described as if equivalent, a presumption is made that a commonsense theory of knowledge and mind is valid. Research on the social psychology of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
West, Leonard J. – 1980
Teachers and teacher educators seem to be little aware of some major concepts about instruction that provide important insights into the central requirements for learning. A common misconception is that motivation has to do with wanting or desiring. It is instead attention to stimuli that is influenced by two powerful agents--(1) suspense,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Career Education
