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ERIC Number: EJ219046
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Jun
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Stages, Levels, Styles or Strategies: Dilemmas in the Description of Thinking.
Entwistle, N. J.
Educational Review, v31 n2 p123-32 Jun 1979
From investigations of cognitive development, intellectual ability, and learning strategies, representative examples of research are used to highlight dilemmas which attend the use of the terms "stages,""levels,""styles," and "strategies" to describe different aspects of human thinking and learning, especially in adolescents and young adults. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Developmental Stages, Individual Differences, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Strategies, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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