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ERIC Number: EJ060794
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Learning Concepts from Definitions
Anderson, Richard C.; Kulhavy, Raymond W.
American Educational Research Journal, 9, 3, 385-90, Sum 72
Purpose of this experiment was to explore to what extent people can acquire concepts from exposure to definitions and to determine whether a procedure that induces semantic encoding will have the same effect on concept learning as such procedures have on associative learning. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Definitions, Learning Processes, Multiple Choice Tests, Tables (Data)
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