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Cohen, David – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1987
Although exploring students' thought processes can be rewarding, most teachers rely heavily on reponses to tests and assignments that fail to disclose learners' thinking patterns. Concept maps grouping interrelated ideas can encourage students to demonstrate effective and meaningful assimilation of organized study areas. Includes five footnotes.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education
Good, Ron; And Others – 1988
The science learning cycle developed by Robert Karplus and others in the 1960's has been a useful model for many science teachers and researchers. This model stresses the use of structured inquiry to organize knowledge acquisition and problem solving. Recent research in the cognitive science tradition, however, has shown that learning and problem…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Brandhorst, Allan; Splittgerber, Fred – 1984
A category system for organizing six thinking skills and methods for teaching these skills, using the concept of time, are provided. Representing a proposed sequential order of development, the six thinking skills are: (1) imaging--the creating of an internal mental representation of an external thing and the labeling of that representation, (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Teaching, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
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Grambo, Gregory – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1994
The ability to recognize and recall details about objects helps scientists figure out the answers to problems. Observational skills can be developed by sketching objects in detail. Rapid drawing can improve students' sense of important features and rapid memorization of clues about an object. (JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Freehand Drawing, Learning Processes
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Simmonds, Effie P. M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
This study compared effectiveness of cognitive modeling with and without verbalization in teaching 60 learning-disabled elementary students efficient questioning strategies. Results indicated that both groups showed significant reductions from pretreatment to posttreatment in the number of questions required but no effectiveness differential…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
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Barker, Miles; Carr, Malcolm – Journal of Biological Education, 1989
Described is the generative learning strategy, an approach which encourages pupils to discuss their out-of-school ideas about plant breathing, drinking, wood production, soil, minerals, and leaves, and assist them in linking appropriate ideas together to form an explanation of the origin of plant materials. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Cognitive Structures, Discovery Learning
von Glasersfeld, Ernst – 1988
This paper analyzes Bogdanov's theory of knowledge as found in philosophical dialogues and essays. The style of Bogdanov's writing and his ideas on philosophy, science, scientific constructs, truth, human knowledge, objectivity and ethics are discussed. These ideas are compared to the constructivist view of knowledge. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Science, Educational Philosophy
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Dreyfus, Amos; Jungwirth, Ehud – Journal of Biological Education, 1989
The results of survey of secondary school biology students used to access misconceptions about cells are presented. A distinction between conceptions, misconceptions, and nonconceptions is drawn in terms of secondary school biology concepts. The resilience of misconceptions is discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Cytology
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Wellington, Jerry; And Others – School Science Review, 1988
Presented are four research articles and staff development activities. Included are: an activity used to stimulate discussion of the issue of balanced science; a constructivist approach to teaching electric circuits; a science grading scheme; and a discussion of priorities in science education. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
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Hewson, Peter W.; Hewson, Mariana G. A'B. – Science Education, 1988
Analyzes the concept of teaching from various aspects. Reviews research on students' conceptions of natural phenomena, conceptual change, and teacher thinking. Suggests an appropriate conception of teaching science. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Instruction
Haley-Oliphant, Ann E. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to examine the thinking underlying the questions posed by a science teacher to her seventh grade students in an instructional activity called Mind Games, in which hypothetical situations focussed on scientific issues are proposed and explored at least once during each major instructional unit. Mind games are conveyed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes
Apelman, Maja; And Others – 1985
Conceptual obstacles which inhibit scientific understanding are examined in this monograph. Perspectives are offered on theoretical aspects, research directions, and educational implications on the problem area known as the critical barriers phenomenon. Papers included are: "Nature of the Problem" (by David Hawkins), which describes the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
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Mahadeva, Madhu N. – Science Teacher, 1989
Discusses the causes and effects of conceptual errors inadvertently introduced and nurtured by scientists, teachers, and textbook writers. Cites ways to prevent the communication breakdowns that prevent the learning of science. (RT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Learning Processes
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Sfard, Anna – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
This paper presents a theoretical framework for investigating the role of algorithms in mathematical thinking using a combined ontological-psychological outlook. The intent is to demonstrate that the processes of learning and of problem solving incorporate an elaborate interplay between operational and structural conceptualizations of the same…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Vosniadou, Stella – 1988
Recent research in cognitive science and science education suggests that science-naive individuals have an understanding of the natural world based on their interpretation of everyday experience. This can make the process of conceptual change difficult. This paper presents ideas related to the acquisition of knowledge in astronomy. A theoretical…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Educational Theories
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