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Peer reviewedDi Vesta, Francis J.; Peverly, Stephen T. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Using 198 college students, this study investigated the effects on performance of four variables in a concept-learning task. The variables were (1) passive and active learning; (2) contextual specificity and variability; (3) rule-examples sequences; and (4) near and far transfers as critical outcomes. Results are discussed in terms of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Teaching, Discovery Learning, Encoding (Psychology)
Peer reviewedBarker, Miles; Carr, Malcolm – Journal of Biological Education, 1989
Described is the generative learning strategy, an approach which encourages pupils to discuss their out-of-school ideas about plant breathing, drinking, wood production, soil, minerals, and leaves, and assist them in linking appropriate ideas together to form an explanation of the origin of plant materials. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning
