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ERIC Number: EJ180555
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Formative Evaluation Applied to a Learning Hierarchy
White, Richard T.; Gagne, Robert M.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 3, 1, 87-94, Jan 78
A correspondence exists between a simplified data collection method employing results from a post test for graphic skills in kinematics, and a rigourous validation method. Examination of test responses for discrepant instances yielded further information of value. Hierarchical patterns of learning and remembering are identical. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, High Schools, Learning Processes, Memory, Scientific Concepts, Sequential Learning, Skill Analysis, Test Validity
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Identifiers: Learning Hierarchies