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Newby, Timothy J.; Stepich, Donald A. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1987
Examines the differences between concrete and abstract concepts and their implications for instructional design and teaching. How specific concepts are stored in and retrieved from memory is described, analogies are discussed as an instructional tool in abstract concept learning, and a possible instructional strategy for teaching abstract concepts…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Mishra, Punya; Foster, Aroutis N. – Online Submission, 2007
Educational games have become the lightning rod for learning and preparing a future skilled workforce. Both the people, who argue against and for games agree that learning is possible, but what is learned is another issue. However, the claims about games for learning lacks substantial research and for the most part remains merely philosophical…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Educational Games, Psychology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Hickey, Albert E. – 1968
A potpourri of talks and discussion at a symposium on instructional strategies for computer-assisted (CAI) instruction are summarized in this report under these topic headings: Conference objectives; Are instructional strategies critical to CAI; The classification of instructional strategies; What is a strategy; Operational definitions of…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Nelson, Adam; Harvey, Francis – 1994
A qualitative study of an intensive week-long adult-training course taught with integrated hypermedia was conducted to document course implementation and to formulate questions and hypotheses about aspects of learning with hypermedia to guide future researchers. The hypermedia training was that of the Cities in Schools (CIS) Program Operations…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adults, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction
Wagner, H.; And Others – 1976
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the Defense Documentation Center (DDC), National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Psychological Abstracts, HumRRO Library, and industrial training publications were surveyed to analyze instructional and evaluative techniques relevant to team training. Research studies and team training…
Descriptors: Classification, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Literature Reviews
Gloss, Garvin G. – 1968
Experimental approaches with emotionally disturbed children in day care programs in Ohio public schools are described. A consideration of problems of identification and classification presents Quay's three dimensions of behavior, conduct disorders, inadequacy or immaturity, and personality, and lists types of behavior found in each. Seven kinds of…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classification