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Jager, Gerry; Block, Robert I.; Luijten, Maartje; Ramsey, Nick F. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: Early-onset cannabis use has been associated with later use/abuse, mental health problems (psychosis, depression), and abnormal development of cognition and brain function. During adolescence, ongoing neurodevelopmental maturation and experience shape the neural circuitry underlying complex cognitive functions such as memory and…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Psychosis, Adolescents, Short Term Memory
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Thijs, G. D. – Science Education, 1992
Evaluates the effectiveness of a course using a constructivist approach in reducing Dutch secondary school students (n=190) misconceptions about force. Concluded that the lessons were effective in changing students' ideas in regard to forces in rest situations and frictional forces and that learning effects were equally distributed over student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Force