Premium
ARE COMMON SENSE DECISIONS DETERRING LEARNING?
Author(s) -
CLIFFORD MARGARET M.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1976.tb02985.x
Subject(s) - psychology , vocabulary , selection (genetic algorithm) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , linguistics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , computer science
S ummary . The comparison of data from two vocabulary‐learning studies involving a total of 2,483 males and females in the fifth and sixth grades suggests that ‘common sense’ decisions regarding the selection and assignment of learning materials may be inefficient if not detrimental. There is evidence to postulate that low ability pupils are the primary recipients or victims of the less effective materials. The data suggest that oversimplified learning materials may yield negative transfer and thus actually deter learning.