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ERIC Number: EJ289081
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Feature Frequency and Negative Instances in Concept Learning.
Shumway, Richard J.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v20 n3 p451-59 Fall 1983
The role of negative instances in conjunctive feature identification tasks was investigated. Results support the classical favoring of positive over positive/negative for equal frequency of irrelevant features (l:l) but positive/negative over a positive for unequal frequency of irrelevant features (9:1) (p<.05). (Author)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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