... of the differences in success of children's learning behaviour with analysis of articles from an eclectic range of sources. We all know what happens if we are taught something using an inappropriate method. Driving instructors (hopefully) blend the theory of perfecting a parallel parking manoeuvre with its practical application, and rightly insist on both methods of learning to ensure success. A piano teacher may stop a pupil who plays a wrong note in a scale of D minor, and then remind them of some justification as to why pressing certain keys over others is correct. These are examples of transparent (and chiefly practical) learning behaviours that are tantamount to acquiring skills, yet our question at hand should be more explicitly relevant to the established literature. Joyce, Calhoun & Hopkins (1997) make a good summary of the myriad models of learning, summarised further as: 1) The information processing family of models: inductive thinking; ...

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