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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... story mnemonics , pegwords , keywords , and loci mnemonics . Of the three memory - directed tactics , mnemonic devices appear to be the most effective . Acronyms have been found to be useful for remembering short lists of items . The ...
... story problems . However , the subjects who studied the high explanatory text condition did equally well on both types of problems . Myers et al . concluded that the type of explanation did not improve the learning of formulas but ...
... 104 ; levels of , 111 ; three - stage process of , 48 skill automaticity , 156-60 skill transfer , 160 solution processes , 5 solution strategies , 3 speaking , 87 specificity principle , 6 story mnemonic , Index 187.
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Cognitive Factors in Learning and Retention of Procedural Tasks | 47 |
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