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Portes, Pedro R., Ed. – Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1993
This special issue is devoted to the cultural-historical school of thought about mental development based on the work of Lev Vygotsky. The research of Vygotsky addressed the sociocultural basis of higher-level cognitive functions, and ascribed an influential role to human speech and other mediational tools in originating changes in cognition and…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Children, Cognitive Development, Educational Strategies
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1982
The document opens with an editorial comment discussing the role of mathematics in teaching and learning. Then, 13 reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Three of the reports deal with problem solving, and another three look at aspects of cognitive development. There are two each on mathematics instruction,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1979
Two influential theories of intellectual development are reviewed and analyzed: the psychometric framework, based on the factorial composition of intelligence, and the Piagetian model, based on assimilation and accomodation through four stages of intellectual development. A third concept is the componential theory of intelligence, based on…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Higgins, Jon L., Ed. – 1974
Fifteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. Six of the reports deal with aspects of learning theory, four with areas in mathematics instruction (calculus, elementary mathematics for students of economics, and planning for topics for kindergarten children), and two with assessment or prediction of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Calculus, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Carpenter, Thomas P. – 1979
The purpose of this paper is to identify how the theory and techniques of research in cognitive development can be applied to the study of learning and instruction in mathematics. Five basic research paradigms are characterized; major directions of research on number, measurement, geometry, and adolescent reasoning are identified. Most of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1988
These four 1988 issues of the journal of the Society for Accelerated Learning and Teaching (SALT) include the following articles: "Educating the Children of Changing Cultures"; "All Stars to Center Stage: Accelerative Learning in the School of Business"; "SALT in the First Grade Classroom"; "Unlearning…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Education, Business Administration Education, Classroom Techniques