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ERIC Number: EJ638734
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Instructional Compensation for Age-Related Cognitive Declines: Effects of Goal Specificity in Maze Learning.
Paas, Fred; Camp, Gino; Rikers, Remy
Journal of Educational Psychology, v93 n1 p181-86 Mar 2001
Investigates differential effects of goal specificity on maze learning among 40 young and 40 old adults. Results confirmed hypotheses that the presence or absence of a specific goal would disproportionately compromise or enhance, respectively, elderly people's performance. Suggests that instruction based on cognitive load theory can compensate for age-related cognitive declines. (Contains 37 references and 1 table.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries, Objectives, Older Adults, Performance
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Adult Developmental Decline; Cognitive Load; Mazes; Netherlands