Diagramming a Logic Strategy: Effects on Difficult Problem Types and Transfer.

Grossen, Bonnie; Carnine, Doug

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ERIC Number: EJ415062

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Publication Date: 1990

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Diagramming a Logic Strategy: Effects on Difficult Problem Types and Transfer.

Grossen, Bonnie; Carnine, Doug

Learning Disability Quarterly, v13 n3 p168-82 Sum 1990

Comparison of 2 computer-assisted instructional treatments in syllogistic reasoning--one requiring a deeper level of processing with a diagrammatic response--found that the 13 learning-disabled high school students receiving the diagrammatic instruction required fewer trials to achieve mastery criteria and produced significantly higher posttest and maintenance scores. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Deduction, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Logic, Maintenance

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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