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Peer reviewedDurnin, John; Scandura, Joseph M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
The purpose of this study was to compare three technologies: the item forms technology (domain-referenced testing) of Hively et al. (1968), the hierarchical or stratified item forms technology of Ferguson (1969), and the algorithmic technology of Scandura (1971, 1973). (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Behavior, Data Analysis, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewedWoods, Shirley S.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Algorithms, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedGroen, Guy; Resnick., Lauren B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Ten nursery school children who knew how to count but were unacquainted with arithmetic were taught a simple algorithm for solving single-digit addition problems and were then given extended practice. The reaction time on the final block of extended practice suggested that subjects had invented a more efficient procedure to replace the original…
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
