Alternate Perspectives on Concept Internalization [microform] : Learning Top Down Vs. Learning Bottom Up / A. Leon Pines.

This paper outlines two alternate ways in which concepts are acquired, known as "top down" and "bottom up". "Bottom up" refers to learning the members of a category and then extracting their similarities or differences, the rule or criterial attributes used to make the...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Pines, A. Leon
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	Cognitive Development. Concept Formation. Concept Teaching. Educational Philosophy. Educational Research. Elementary Education. Instruction. Learning Processes. Research. Science Education. Science Teachers.