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Peer reviewedSmith, Lyle R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
High school students of various ability levels were presented economics concepts lessons, varied according to their organization or structure. Test questions over concept ranged from simple recall of information to application of economics principles. Students scored generally higher when they were presented highly structured lessons. (LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures
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To test the hypothesis that if given a curriculum designed to develop cognitive functioning and taught by strategies designed to develop cognitive skills, students would then master more sophisticated symbolic thought earlier and more systematically than could be expected if this development had been left to the accidents of experience or if…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
