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ERIC Number: EJ306012
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Toward a Theory of Cognitive Aptitude for Learning From Instruction.
Snow, Richard E.; Lahman, David F.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n3 p347-76 Jun 1984
This article reviews progress toward the development of a cognitive theory of aptitude for learning and presents descriptive and precriptive goals for aptitude theories. Preliminary hypotheses about the nature of cognitive processes in aptitude for learning from instruction are reviewed. Twelve constituent points of the descriptive theory are presented. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Models
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Aptitudes Research; Cognitive Aptitude; Project; Radex
Note: The research was supported by contracts N00014-75-C-08882 and N00014-79-0171 from Personnel Training and Research Programs, Office of Naval Research. Part of the work completed while Snow was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation and National Institute of Mental Health. (Grant 2T32MH14581-04). Article preparation was supported by a James McKeen Cattell Fund award and a Guggenheim fellowship award to Snow.