Children's Learning as a Function of Hypothesis Set Size.

Offenbach, Stuart I.

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Children's Learning as a Function of Hypothesis Set Size.

Offenbach, Stuart I.

Child Development, v51 n4 p1050-56 Dec 1980

According to Hypothesis (H) theory, learning should be very difficult when the number of Hs the subject samples from is very large and/or the correct H is not available. These assumptions were tested with third- and fourth-grade children. In general, results supported these assumptions. (Author/MP)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Failure, Grade 3, Grade 4, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Differences, Learning Processes, Problem Solving

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