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ERIC Number: EJ505854
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Aiding Subgoal Learning: Effects on Transfer.
Catrambone, Richard
Journal of Educational Psychology, v87 n1 p5-17 Mar 1995
Three experiments involving 218 college students demonstrated that both labeling and visually isolating a set of steps in examples independently help students learn a subgoal and makes them more likely to solve novel problems that involve that subgoal although they require different steps to achieve it. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning, Objectives, Problem Solving, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Labeling (of Objects); Subgoals