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Successful instructional methods: A cognitive information processing approach

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This is the fifth ECTJ/ERIC-IR Young Scholar Paper, an annual award initiated to stimulate writing by young professionals in the field of instructional technology. Preparation of the paper was supported by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources at Syracuse, N.Y. -Ed.

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    Ruth Colvin Bovy (Instructor with the Development and Demonstration Center in Continuing Education for Health Professionals at the University of Southern California)

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The author wishes to acknowledge the extensive advice and assistance of Richard E. Clark in preparing the final version of the original paper and the many recommendations for revision from the Young Scholar judges, and particularly to thank William Winn, Robert Heinich, and Tom Schwen for their suggestions, without, of course, holding them responsible for the final product.

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Bovy, R.C. Successful instructional methods: A cognitive information processing approach. ECTJ 29, 203–217 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02766716

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