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Sanders, Jo Ann Clawson; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1975
A sequential training procedure combining operant and cumulative learning hierarchy principles was found effective in reducing the decrement in concept identification performance typically observed in older adults. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Older Adults, Operant Conditioning
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Olmo, Barbara G. – Clearing House, 1975
Article considered how learning takes place by examining the transfer of attitudes and principles at the heart of the educational process. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Decision Making, Educational Problems, Inquiry
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McCann, J.; Bell, P. – Journal of Moral Education, 1975
Groups of twenty children, aged between 6 years, ( months and 11 years, 3 months, attending either a traditional Catholic school or a Freinet school were compared on judgments involving moral concepts. (Editor)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Moral Development
Porath, Don – De Colores, Journal of Emerging Raza Philosophies, 1974
Descriptors: Attitudes, Concept Formation, Cultural Background, Definitions
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Peters, Charles – Reading Research Quarterly, 1974
Describes an International Reading Association award-winning dissertation comparing two methods of teaching reading at the secondary level. (RB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Doctoral Dissertations, Reading Research
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Posner, George J. – Review of Educational Research, 1974
This paper argues for an increased research emphasis on curriculum structure. A conceptual framework that synthesizes past and current conceptions of curriculum structure and provides a vocabulary of useful concepts is suggested. (Author/JR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Potter, Darrell E. – Instructor, 1975
Described a project in which school children developed an understanding of their environment. (RK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Educational Planning, Elementary School Students
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Rowe, Bobby L. – Studies in Art Education, 1974
A brief survey of the investigations of concept learning in the behavioristic trend in psychology offers some guidelines for clarity in studies of visual concept learning in art. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Behavior Patterns, Concept Formation, Definitions
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Torbert, William R. – Harvard Educational Review, 1974
In the first part of this review, editor described the elements of Rawls' theory and in the second, using a paradigm of just action which both parallels and contrasts with Rawls' ideas, editor critiqued and moved beyond Rawls. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Career Education, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking
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Siegle, Linda S. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
The development of ordering and correspondence operations, under varying degrees of the presence of length cues to number, was studied in 91 preschool children. Findings are interpreted in terms of the young child's difficulty in separating and coordinating the dimensions of length and number. (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Cues
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Nelson, Robert F. – Journal of Geography, 1975
The use of analogy can be the most effective way of helping science students successfully formulate hypotheses and develop understandings of concepts. (JR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Correlation, Geography
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Gordon, W. J. J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1974
Author presented a selection of examples of the role of connective analogies in invention/discovery. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Activities
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Hudgins, Bryce B. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1974
Descriptors: Catalogs, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes
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O'Neill, James B.; Newton, Richard – High School Journal, 1975
Article examined examples of poor and in some cases bad economics that the authors found in an analysis of some of the American History textbooks found in schools. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Economics, Economics Education, Social Studies
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McIntyre, Patrick J. – Science Education, 1974
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Electricity, Elementary School Science
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