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de Jocas, Yves – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1987
Decisions assume some level of interdependency between knowledge and know-how, these being distinct realities. Knowledge refers to the understanding one has of a phenomenon while know-how refers to one's capability of actions on a phenomenon. Information can be related to decision only by transforming data which is held in a semiotic memory into…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
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Masztal, Nancy B. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1986
Describes a classroom technique that promotes higher levels of thought and enhances learning in graduate and undergraduate teacher education classes. (DF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Group Instruction, Higher Education, Information Processing
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Allison, Scott T. – Teaching of Psychology, 1992
Describes a strategy for sustaining student attention and systematic information processing in a college-level psychology class. Outlines how absurdities are embedded in daily instruction for students to detect. Maintains that student interest and discussion levels were increased by this approach. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, Heuristics
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Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Summarized is the research focused on the relationship between children's increasing capacity to process information and the levels at which they should be capable of recognizing mathematical concepts. Implications for mathematics curricula and teachers are discussed. Lists three references. (YP)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Simpson, Timothy J. – 1995
This paper examines the dual coding hypothesis, a model of the coding of visual and textual information, from the perspective of a mass media professional, such as a teacher, interested in accurately presenting both visual and textual material to a mass audience (i.e., students). It offers an extension to the theory, based upon the various skill…
Descriptors: Coding, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Processing
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Woods, Donald R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Describes the contents of a book entitled The Care and Feeding of Ideas: A Guide to Encouraging Creativity which considers the thinking process, why skills need to be developed, and how students use or should use these thinking skills. (RT)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Science