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How can laboratory research in cognitive and developmental psychology contribute to science education.(and vice versa)?

 

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THREE TYPES OF TRAINING

Direct, didactic: Provide both explicit instructions and probe questions.

Socratic: Provide only probe questions on each trial.

Discovery: Provide only hands-on experience. (No instruction, no questions)