Grade Level and Task Difficulty in Learning by Discovery and Verbal Reception Methods.

Francis, Evelyn W.

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Publication Date: 1975

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Grade Level and Task Difficulty in Learning by Discovery and Verbal Reception Methods

Francis, Evelyn W.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 67, 1, 146-50, Feb 75

Results indicated that discovery subjects took significantly longer than verbal reception subjects in the first-, third-, and sixth-grades to reach the original learning criterion. Verbal reception subjects generally demonstrated performance which was superior to discovery subjects on all measures of retention and transfer. (Author/BJG)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Difficulty Level, Discovery Learning, Fundamental Concepts, Primary Education, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Teaching Methods, Transfer of Training, Verbal Learning

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