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ERIC Number: EJ235220
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Oct
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Cognitive-Affective Dissonance in the Classroom.
Marshall, Steve
Teaching Political Science, v8 n1 p111-17 Oct 1980
The article discusses a study in which dissonance theory was applied to college and high school social science classes. Topics discussed include social psychological factors which inhibit the teaching-learning process, the students' search for cognitive/evaluative balance, and the relationship of student appraisals of teacher performance to different teaching styles and objectives. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Higher Education, Political Science, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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