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Murphy, Lee, Ed. – Directions, 1983
Twelve papers describe recent developments at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) on the campus of Gallaudet College. Topics covered include the following: MSSD'S role as a change model; an Instrumental Enrichment project designed to increase adolescents' thinking skills; an approach integrating reading, English grammar, and composition…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deafness, Demonstration Programs, Hearing Impairments
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
Growing Thinkers is a teacher in-service program, designed and instituted in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District, which focuses on the development of higher-order thinking abilities. The three overall goals of the program are: (1) to recognize and further develop excellence in teaching; (2) to enhance the development of higher-order…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
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Download full textMiller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2001
This special issue of the Mensa Research Journal contains four papers written by K. Warner Schaie, a psychologist who focuses on psychological development from young adulthood through old age. The first paper is "Living with Gerontology." In it, Schaie recounts his own childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, his path to becoming a…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development
Schmeltekopf, Donald D., Ed.; Rassweiler, Anne D., Ed. – Community College Humanities Review, 1984
A series of articles and essay reviews are represented on issues of concern in humanities education. First, Benjamin DeMott's "A Moral Argument for the Humanities" asserts that humanities instruction should stress certain moral questions, such as the connection of moral life with civilization, individual responsibility, and institutions.…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Basic Skills, Book Reviews, Cognitive Development
Marklund, Inger, Ed.; Otter, Annica, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1985
Described is the Man in a Changing Society (MIS) project in which K-12 Swedish children use parish records to study and research local history. Church records in Sweden contain detailed information about individuals living during the 18th and 19th centuries. To make this information accessible to researchers, the Swedish church records are being…
Descriptors: Churches, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation
Zero to Three, 1994
This special issue focuses on infant and toddler child care. The title article, by J. Ronald Lally and others, examines the sources of problems in the management and planning of quality child care. It also explores six key components of early group experience: group size, quality of the physical environment, primary caregiving assignments,…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Day Care
