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Direct linkMcGrath, Robert E. – Journal of Character Education, 2018
Character education specialists seem to know it when they see it, but what it means to call something a character education program remains unclear. One possible source for this uncertainty is the manner in which character education has been defined. By identifying certain features as necessary, existing definitions fail to encompass the universe…
Descriptors: Values Education, Definitions, Program Evaluation, Models
Peer reviewedSmith, Linda B. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Examined whether a holistic magnitude relation governs children's object comparisons. Objects varying on two dimensions of magnitude, size, and saturation were classified by three-, four-, and five-year-olds. Results indicated that younger children were sensitive to global magnitude as well as to overall similarity. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Developmental Stages, Holistic Approach
Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic; Sixsmith, Jane; Delaney, Ellen-Nora; Moore, Miriam; Inchley, Jo; O'Higgins, Siobhan – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to outline a three-stage process for engaging with students to develop school level indicators of health in sequential class groups students first generated, then categorised indicators and finally developed schematic representations of their analyses. There is a political and practical need to develop…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Models, Foreign Countries
Bergman, Lars R.; El-Khouri, Bassam M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Methodological implications of a person-oriented, holistic-interactionistic perspective in research on individual development are outlined, desirable properties of a mathematical model of a phenomenon are discussed, and selected methods for carrying out person-oriented research are briefly overviewed. These methods are: (1) the classificatory…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Individual Development, Research Methodology, Multivariate Analysis
National Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. – 1988
This document outlines a theory of learning and education for the teaching of mathematics. The theory is termed a cognitive taxonomy. The taxonomy, developed over a 15-year period, is based on the connection between mathematical material and pupils' reactions to it. The function of this connection is termed a process. The taxonomy is based on the…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
