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An experiment to compare the effectiveness of instruction versus discovery in generalizing the strategy of a simple game

"The purpose of the study was to determine whether there is a difference in the ability of two equally capable groups of subjects to generalize the winning strategy of a simple game when one group learns the perfect strategy for one form of the game by the discovery method and the other group learns it by reading an explanation of the strategy"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1970." / "Submitted to the Department of Mathematics Education of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." / Advisor: E. D. Nichols, Professor Directing Dissertation. / Includes bibliographical references.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_292015
ContributorsPage, Robert Leroy, 1931- (authoraut), Nichols, Eugene Douglas, 1923- (professor directing dissertation), Florida State University (degree granting institution)
PublisherFlorida State University
Source SetsFlorida State University
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, text
Format1 online resource (vii, 122 leaves : illustrations), computer, application/pdf

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