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ERIC Number: EJ235552
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Oct
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Research on Adult Learning and Memory: Retrospect and Prospect.
Hultsch, David F.; Pentz, C. A.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v5 n4 p298-320 Oct 1980
Descriptions of cognitive development are determined by the metamodel on which theories and data are based. The associative and information processing approaches have generated much of the research on adult learning and memory. A contextual approach, emphasizing perceiving, comprehending, and remembering, is emerging in the present historical context. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning, Memory, State of the Art Reviews, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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