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ERIC Number: EJ466078
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Cognitive Styles and Cognitive Structures.
McRobbie, Campbell J.
Science Education, v75 n2 p231-42 Apr 1991
Investigates influences of educational set and cognitive preference of the student as independent variables on knowledge and cognitive organization outcomes in the context of other educationally significant variables. Concludes cognitive preference is an important variable contributing uniquely to achievement and cognitive organization in the context of general ability, prior cognitive organization, and knowledge variables. (PR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia