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ERIC Number: EJ310708
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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A Comparison of the Effects of a Definition, Examples, and Nonexamples on Student Acquisition of the Concept of "Transfer Propaganda."
McKinney, C. Warren
Social Education, v49 n1 p66,68-70 Jan 1985
A study comparing the effectiveness of various parts of Merrill and Tennyson's model for teaching concepts showed that a presentation of examples and nonexamples in an expository presentation or in an inquisitory practice presentation enhances the acquisition of social studies concepts. The addition of a definition is not essential. (RM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Definitions, Educational Research, Higher Education, Models, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Examples; Merrill (M D); Tennyson (Robert D)