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ERIC Number: EJ460523
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
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Generative Teaching: An Enhancement Strategy for the Learning of Economics in Cooperative Groups.
Kourilsky, Marilyn; Wittrock, Merlin C.
American Educational Research Journal, v29 n4 p861-76 Win 1992
Increasing the learning of economics among 76 public high school seniors from lower socioeconomic levels by teaching them to use generative comprehension procedures in cooperative learning groups was attempted. Comparison with 66 controls indicated facilitative effects of generative teaching in increasing confidence in correctness of answers and decreasing misinformation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Cooperative Learning, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Economics, Grade 12, Group Instruction, High School Seniors, High Schools, Low Income Groups, Public Schools, Self Concept, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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