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ERIC Number: EJ328647
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Generative Learning Model and Its Implications for Science Education.
Osborne, Roger; Wittrock, Merlin
Studies in Science Education, v12 p59-87 1985
Suggesting that learning be considered as a generative process, attempts to: (1) place generative learning ideas in the context of other viewpoints of learning; (2) explicate key postulates of the generative learning model; and (3) examine implications of these theoretical ideas for teaching, learning, curriculum development, and research. (JN)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews, Models, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Generative Learning Model; Science Education Research
Note: Journal availability: Studies in Education, Ltd., Nafferton, Driffield, East Yorkshire, Y025 0JL United Kingdom.