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Lerner, Amy B. – Multicultural Education, 2012
Each year, approximately 100,000 refugees arrive in the United States (Refugee Council USA). Nearly half of these arrivals are children. The number of refugees worldwide has more than sextupled since the 1950s, and according to the United States Committee for Refugees and immigrants (USCRI) this number is expected to continue to grow in coming…
Descriptors: Refugees, Land Settlement, Educational Policy, Child Development
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Nikolajeva, Maria – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
This semiotically informed article problematizes the concept of literacy as an aesthetic activity rather than reading skills and offers strategies for assessing young readers' understanding of fictional texts. Although not based on empirical research, the essay refers to and theorizes from extensive field studies of children's responses to…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Educational Research, Reading Skills, Literacy
Wilson, Audrey; Wilson, Michael – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1984
A group test of formal thinking was administered to all grade 11 entrants in National High Schools in Papua New Guinea, and readministered two years later. Only 8 percent operated formally on the initial test; two years later, 18 percent were operating formally and 37 percent were at a transition stage. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Science Instruction, Secondary Education
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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
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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
Maxwell, Laurie; Paulu, Nancy, Ed. – 1987
Based on the research report "Thinking Skills" by Robert J. Marzano and C. L. Hutchins, this paper offers the following pointers on teaching children to think: (1) when teaching new information, have students compare it with what they already know; (2) provide students with manageable ways to evaluate information and teach them to ask…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Featherstone, Helen – Principal, 1986
Long term studies of students who participated in preschool education programs show that the differences and effects are not in test scores but in children's ability to meet teachers' expectations and to avoid being labeled failures.(MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research
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Staver, John R. – School Science and Mathematics, 1984
The goal of this article is to identify and disseminate several important messages from recent research on formal thought. Reasoning by adolescents, measurement of Piagetian formal reasoning, the importance of additional factors, stages, and working memory are discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Schug, Mark C.; Lephardt, Noreen – Social Studies, 1992
Presents study results of how children reason about international trade. Explains that open ended questions were posed to students in grades 1-11 asking why nations trade, the benefits of trade, and their understanding of barriers to trade. Concludes that teaching fundamentals of international trade can be introduced as early as grade six. (DK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Economics, Economics Education, Educational Research
Maynard, Trisha, Ed.; Thomas, Nigel, Ed. – SAGE Publications (UK), 2009
The second edition of this best-selling textbook provides students and practitioners with a broad introduction to, and critical analysis of, the main theories and issues within the field of early childhood studies. The book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach and pulls together all the key themes involved in the study of young children and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Childrens Rights
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Blosser, Patricia E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1983
Reasons for the development of middle schools and characteristics of middle school students are discussed. Students' physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development are considered, with references to research evidence. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Research, Learning Theories
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Rosnick, Peter – 1982
The focus of this document is on students' understanding of symbolization processes in algebra, and specifically their understanding of semantically laden letters. In the first four sections, four inappropriate ways in which many college students use semantically laden letters are described. Evidence from clinical interview protocols demonstrate…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Concept Formation
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Christensen, Carol A.; Cooper, Tom J. – British Educational Research Journal, 1992
Presents results from an Australian study examining whether children who use cognitive strategies in solving simple addition questions develop greater proficiency in addition than children who do not use such strategies. Describes the subjects, instruments, procedure, and instructional treatment. Concludes that the development of cognitive…
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Levstik, Linda S.; Barton, Keith C. – 1994
This paper reports on a study that represents a new approach to understanding early and middle grade children's development of historical time awareness. The study sought to embed children's time awareness in a sociocultural framework, and to move beyond linguistic symbol systems to incorporate visual data sources. The researchers began with three…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education
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Gabel, Dorothy; Sherwood, Robert – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1980
Described is a study that confirms positive effects on student achievement of manipulation of molecular models by high school chemistry students over a long period of time. Also examined but unanswered were questions regarding applications of Piaget's theories in determining differential effects for concrete and formal operational students. (CS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Educational Media, Educational Research
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