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Miller, Amanda L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation reports the results of a qualitative research project on area measurement. The study utilized structured, task-based interviews with students to (a) investigate the ways students enumerate and structure two-dimensional space with a variety of area units; (b) identify conceptual, procedural, and intuitive aspects of area…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Measurement, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
Egan, Kieran; Madej, Krystina – Education Canada, 2009
Nearly everyone who has tried to describe an image of the educated person, from Plato to the present, includes at least two requirements: first, educated people must be widely knowledgeable and, second, they must know something in depth. The authors would like to advocate a somewhat novel approach to "learning in depth" (LiD) that seems…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Learning Strategies, Knowledge Level, Educational Philosophy
Costa, Arthur L.; Kallick, Bena – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
Bringing together all four books in the AS CD ground-breaking Habits of Mind series, this volume presents a compelling case for why it's more relevant than ever to align the missions of schools and classrooms to teaching students how to think and behave intelligently when they encounter problems and challenges in learning and in life. Drawing on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Lifelong Learning, School Culture, Thinking Skills
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Shayer, Michael; Adhami, Mundher – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: In the context of the British Government's policy directed on improving standards in schools, this paper presents research on the effects of a programme intended to promote the cognitive development of children in the first 2 years of primary school (Y1 & 2, aged 5-7 years). The programme is based on earlier work dealing with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Effect Size
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Claxton, Guy – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2007
Though it is being widely argued that expanding young people's capacity to learn is a viable and desirable goal of education, it it not always clear what this means, how it is to be achieved, and how the effectiveness of interventions is to be assessed. It is argued that the capacity to learn should be interpreted as a portmanteau term that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Learning Theories, Educational Philosophy, Student Development
Miller, Jenny – TESL Canada Journal, 2007
Linguistic minority students in schools must acquire and operate in a second language while negotiating mainstream texts and content areas, along with negotiating an emerging new sense of social identity. This article presents journal data from an Australian ethnographic study that explored the relationship between second-language use, textual…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Ethnography, Social Environment, Self Concept
Adelman, Howard S.; Taylor, Linda – Corwin Press, 2005
Every teacher knows about barriers to learning and teaching that interferes with student progress and academic achievement. These barriers to learning can hamper a student's ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly…
Descriptors: Guidance, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Student Participation