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Meirovitz, Tamar; Aran, Shai S. – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2020
Aim/Purpose: The purpose of the current study is to introduce a digital thinking skills (DTS) theoretical model (DTSM) that could support and enhance digital instruction best practices in schools. Methodology: We have taken a mixed-methods approach. Our respondents represent diverse cultural, linguistic, pedagogical, and social heritages.…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Gorsky, Paul; Caspi, Avner; Antonovsky, Avishai; Blau, Ina; Mansur, Asmahan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between disciplinary difference (exact and natural sciences versus humanities) and the dialogic behavior that occurred in Open University course forums. Dialogic behavior was measured in terms of students' and instructors' active participation in the forum (posting a message) as well as…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Open Universities, Intellectual Disciplines, Natural Sciences
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Globerson, Tamar; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Tested whether or not cognitive development (as measured by mental capacity) and cognitive style (as measured by field-dependence/independence) are different dimensions. Results are discussed with regard to Pascual-Leone's model of cognitive development, relevance to stylistic dimension of reflection/impulsivity, and educational implications.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Field Dependence Independence
Frenkel, Pnina; Strauss, Sidney – 1985
The purpose of this study was to determine how children at different ages understand the concept of temperature, examining particularly the logicomathematical aspects of the concept. In doing so, three developmental approaches were compared: (1) Piaget's structuralist approach; (2) Siegler's rule assessment approach; and (3) Anderson and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Salomon, Gavriel – 1974
This is an initial examination of findings from laboratory and field studies done in Israel on the cognition-cultivating functions of media. The studies reasoned that highly explicit presentations of film-mediated operations can be imitated by observers, and that once imitated, they are internalized and can serve as modified mental skills. Two…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Television
Mevorach, Miriam; Strauss, Sidney – 1995
The purpose of this study was to determine the nature of teachers' implicit in-action mental models about children's minds and learning, as inferred through the ways they teach. The work was based on the theoretical works of D. Schon, L. Shulman, and P. N. Johnson-Laird. Study participants included 24 student, novice, and experienced teachers. All…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Children, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education