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Shelton, Terri L. – Infants and Young Children, 1989
The article reviews the development of infant cognitive assessment and describes selected tests. Considerations in choosing, administering, and interpreting the results of infant intelligence/cognitive assessment instruments are outlined. The usefulness of cognitive assessment is discussed as are new approaches to assessment. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Infants, Intelligence Tests

Heyns, Barbara – Child Development, 1987
Reviews the literature on the effects of summer programs, and offers a reinterpretation of the role of summer learning in cognitive development. (PCB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Levine, Shari – 1981
The paper reviews research on cerebral hemispheric functioning and considers the implications for instruction of the deaf. The nature of right and left hemisphere function and communication is addressed, as are findings on cerebral asymmetry for aspects of language processing. Studies on hemispheric specialization of hearing impaired persons…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Deafness, Hearing Impairments

Strong, Richard W.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1985
Each of the five principal goals of education--cultural literacy, understanding, synthesis, mastery, and involvement--is best achieved using teaching strategies that develop thinking skills appropriate to the curriculum objectives associated with the goal in question. The specific strategy selected depends on learner readiness and content…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

O'Brien, Mildred A.; Obrzut, John E. – Journal of Special Education, 1986
A review of research regarding attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in children covers studies involving direct observation techniques, drug treatment, drug effects on academic achievement, diet interventions, behavior modification, metacognition, and executive control; and suggests practical implications in these areas for educators and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Children, Cognitive Development

Jones, Beau Fly – Educational Leadership, 1986
To solve the problems of low achieving students, it is important to change the quality of teaching instruction. Cognitive instruction is presented as a critical component for this large scale-change. Includes extensive references. (MD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Barell, John – Educational Leadership, 1985
Effective teaching practices identified through research stress the search for meaning and can therefore serve as a foundation for teaching thinking, despite grade-level and subject matter differences in content, teacher role, engagement time, and outcomes sought. Effective teaching is structured, interactive, and conducted in a positive learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Utilization
Chang, Catherine Y. – 2002
This paper summarizes Iveys Developmental Counseling and Therapy theory and includes practical applications of theory, discusses the general concepts of family counseling theories and the family systems continuum, summarizes the central theoretical constructs and goals and practical therapeutic techniques of Systemic Cognitive-Developmental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Developmental Psychology

Dasch, Anne – Reading Teacher, 1983
Argues that Piaget's cognitive stage theory complements psycholinguistic theories of fluent reading by clarifying how readers acquire and then use prior knowledge. Suggests that, in this light, teachers may want to rearrange the order and manner in which they present units from basal readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Cognitive Development, Learning Theories

Hines, Terence – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This article reviews the evidence on the relationship between the two brain hemispheres and creative cognitive processes. It concludes that claims about creativity being "in" one or the other hemispheres represent an uncritical acceptance of naive pseudoscientific beliefs about the brain and brain function. (DB)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creativity

Shepard, Lorrie A.; Smith, Mary Lee – Educational Leadership, 1986
Summarizes school readiness and retention research issues, including youngest first graders' performance, entrance age policies, voluntary decisions to wait an extra year, assessment of children's readiness, and the negative effects of kindergarten and first-grade retention. Concludes that age disadvantages are seldom serious and usually disappear…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Grade Repetition, Kindergarten
Adams, Harvey B. – Gifted Education International, 1986
Among ways suggested for teaching problem solving strategies are to select problem situations appropriate to the learner and to encourage learning from errors. A problem solving process which can be used with young children includes the components of formulation; interpretation; generation; decision making; implementation; evaluation; and…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking, Decision Making

Burns, Marilyn – Educational Leadership, 1986
Outlines one teacher's questioning of the understanding of computational processes by her students in mathematics class. Points out the importance of teaching the context of meaning and its application in mathematics. (MD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement
Learning Disabilities in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Concerns for Parents and Teachers.

Peckham, Virginia C. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
As young people survive childhood cancer at ever-increasing rates, the late effects of treatment that affect growth, development, and cognitive functioning must be considered. This paper describes medical treatment for childhood cancer, long-term survival and general effects of treatment, cognitive late effects of treatment, and educational…
Descriptors: Cancer, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, Leonora M. – OSSC Bulletin, 1988
To foster individual development, educators must seek the gifts in every child, in those not demonstrating academic abilities as well as in the most brilliant. Instead of stifling thinking, creativity, and interest development, educators must encourage these behaviors. Currently, a big discrepancy exists between the child's potential and what…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking, Curiosity