Instruction: Theoretical and Applied PerspectivesRonna F. Dillon, James Pellegrino Instruction highlights the ongoing research of military and academic communities--research aimed at developing new approaches in the instruction of complex intellectual processes and skills. Representative work includes learning procedural tasks and learning text comprehension processes in various environments such as computer-managed instructional settings. A variety of technological factors relevant to developing training materials for computerized environments is also presented. In addition, new domains such as learning map interpretation skills are included. This major collaborative effort was supported by the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center in San Diego, California. |
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... comprehension abilities , as well as mathematics knowledge , electronics information , mechanical comprehension , general science , arithmetic reasoning , and space perception aptitudes . Conceptualizing style is associated with general ...
... comprehension skills of ESL recruits and to determine how to improve them . Chang ( 1984 ) found that the text comprehension of bilingual Navy recruits was worse than that of a group of marginally literate NES recruits . This difference ...
... comprehension and integration tasks , the difference is profound , and out of proportion to the NES - ESL difference in vocabulary knowledge . Providing the ESL recruits with training in performing higher - level comprehension and ...
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Cognitive Factors in Learning and Retention of Procedural Tasks | 47 |
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Instruction: Theoretical and Applied Perspectives Ronna F. Dillon,James Pellegrino No preview available - 1991 |