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ERIC Number: EJ118407
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Grade Level and Task Difficulty in Learning by Discovery and Verbal Reception Methods
Francis, Evelyn W.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 67, 1, 146-50, Feb 75
Results indicated that discovery subjects took significantly longer than verbal reception subjects in the first-, third-, and sixth-grades to reach the original learning criterion. Verbal reception subjects generally demonstrated performance which was superior to discovery subjects on all measures of retention and transfer. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Difficulty Level, Discovery Learning, Fundamental Concepts, Primary Education, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Verbal Learning
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