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ERIC Number: EJ182441
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Different Rule Systems for Counting Behavior Acquired in Meaningful and Rote Contexts of Learning
Mayer, Richard E.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 69, 5, 537-46, Oct 77
College students, in three experiments, learned to recite a counting pattern in the base three number system. Although all subjects learned to a criterion of two errorless trials, learning with different rule systems resulted in different levels of understanding and performance on transfer tasks. (GDC)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Computation, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Number Concepts, Number Systems, Rote Learning, Task Performance, Transfer of Training
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