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Peer reviewedMarshall, Patricia – Southern Social Studies Journal, 1991
Argues that teachers should encourage critical thinking among primary school students. Asserts that readiness exercises can help students develop the mental reasoning skills necessary for critical thinking. Suggests (1) posing questions that elicit reflective responses; (2) encouraging students to ask questions to obtain information; and (3)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
Peer reviewedNummela, Renate M.; Rosengren, Tennes M. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Focusing on the brain's natural functions, this article discusses specific teacher characteristics, teaching methods, and peripheral stimuli helping to activate appropriate learning behavior. Also identifies particular events and teacher behaviors that block learning and frustrate the brain's efforts to harmonize conflicts and admit new…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Readiness
Peer reviewedEllis, Mark C. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1992
Reports on study of 80 elementary students in grades 3-6 to determine whether tempo perception and performance abilities increased with grade level and musical training. Finds that student performance and perceptions did increase with grade level and training. Concludes that modern technology has made research into tempo perception more precise…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Cheever, Daniel S., Jr.; Ryder, Anne E. – Principal, 1986
Studies confirm the educational advantages and cost-effectiveness of high-quality early childhood programs and have made more persuasive the argument for developing such programs. The most important determinants of such programs are: group size, qualifications and training of staff, stability of care, and adult-child ratio. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
Elkind, David – Principal, 1986
Young children think and learn differently, yet early childhood education is now subject to new pressures. Many believe that early exposure to technology accelerates mental development and improves sensory and mental capacity. There is no factual support for this idea. Children who grow up with technology are not necessarily more proficient with…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Download full textSzanton, Eleanor Stokes; And Others – 1992
This publication is part of a package of three booklets that synthesize current knowledge about the preconditions for learning in children and discuss ways of fostering these conditions. (The other two booklets are an executive summary of this report and a collection of five vignettes on services for infants, toddlers, and families). This report…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs
