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Lawton, Joseph T.; Fowell, Nancy – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
Effects of Advance Organizer (AO) lessons presenting high-order math concepts relating to set building, matching and between sets, and counting objects within sets were evaluated for rural preschoolers in comparison to traditional instruction. A pre-test/post-test assessment indicated a significant sequential transfer effect from the AO lessons.…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Concept Formation, Conventional Instruction, Mathematical Concepts