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Roodin, Paul – Roeper Review, 1983
Although frequently discounted, imagery plays an important role in the intellectual development of gifted students. It can be useful in helping students remember, create (in the arts and in sports), and develop flexibility in thinking. Imagery may also be involved in gifted adolescents' career and life decisions. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Gifted, Imagery
Goransson, Kerstin – 1985
This booklet is intended to help teachers and prospective teachers of mentally retarded students to understand the ways in which intellect affects the understanding of reality. Its recommendations are based on G. Kylen's theory of the intellect and J. Piaget's theory of intellectual development. The initial section describes the function and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development
Costa, Arthur L. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
Educators must provide conditions which encourage the practice and demonstration of intelligent behaviors. Twelve characteristics of intelligent behavior are discussed, such as persistence, decreasing impulsivity, listening to others, metacognition, questioning and problem posing, etc. A summary of the school conditions in which intelligent…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Newmann, Fred M. – 1987
Higher order thinking can be defined as interpreting, analyzing, and manipulating information to solve a challenging problem. This definition does not restrict higher order thinking to any level of cognitive ability or any class of people; it includes thinking involving both nonacademic and academic topics; and it is not limited to any particular…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Processes, High Schools, Instructional Improvement

Folsom, Christy – Roeper Review, 1998
Addresses the importance of integrating the intellectual and moral education of gifted students. A framework synthesized from the works of Dewey and Guilford explicates basic structural components of the intellectual and moral dimensions of development. Suggestions for facilitating complex learning through complex teaching and the complex…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted

Braggett, E. J. – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1981
Delineates the rationale underlying traditional preschool programs by drawing together theory that is accepted by early childhood educators. Makes an effort to use ordinary language that could be used by teachers to explain the program to parents. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Intellectual Development, Motor Development

Choat, Ernest – Mathematics in School, 1980
Space and shape, estimating and measuring, and number are viewed as the three strands of mathematics that come together as a child develops mathematically. Five cognitive/mathematical levels of development, labeled discrimination, order, application, operation, and estimation, are identified and discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development

Rossi, Robert J.; Gilmartin, Kevin J. – Clearing House, 1979
This paper proposes using nontest indicators, along with academic tests, to assess school effects on youth development. Relationships between indicators and tests are explored and examples presented of nontest indicators of intellectual development, career development, and health and personal safety. Data sources for indicators are…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Career Development, Competence, Health
Monroe County School District, Key West, FL. – 1990
Intended for use in Florida training programs for caregivers of infants and toddlers with disabilities, this guide presents an overview of the Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps (MITCH); provides a user's guide to the series of MITCH modules; and presents specific information for presenting Module 1, which focuses on…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Kallick, Bena, Ed. – 2000
This is the third in a four-book series describing 16 types of intelligent behavior called habits of mind. It considers how to assess and report student progress in using the habits of mind, maintaining that a critical attribute of intelligence is not only having information but also knowing how to act on it. After the "Series Foreword:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Lombardi, Thomas P.; Savage, Louise – Preventing School Failure, 1994
Methods for teaching higher order thinking skills to students with special needs are considered. These include microthinking skills (e.g., classification); critical thinking skills; and major thinking operations (e.g., problem solving, decision making, and conceptualizing). Strategies for teaching individual skills and for incorporating thinking…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making
Loacker, Georgine; And Others – 1985
The idea of assessment as learning is discussed, along with the practical history of assessment, and how student assessments should be conducted. Background information covers the use of assessment in business and government, as well as in education and psychology. It is proposed that assessment include: multidimensional sampling of students'…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Students
Connell, R. W. – Vestes, 1985
A discussion of the process and problems of supervising a doctoral candidate examines the nature of the task and relationship, the stages of research (defining the topic, design, gathering material, writing, defense, and dissemination), criticism and intellectual growth, and references and sponsorship. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries
Bell, Terrel H.; Hertzler, Elam K. – 1992
This book for parents and child care providers describes a program for home-based, early childhood education that does not use formal, disciplined instruction. The program uses the technique of "incidental teaching," which emphasizes learning activities that occur while children participate in typical daily activities, such as eating,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Games
Gellens, Suzanne R. – 2000
This book presents 350 classroom-tested activities for use with children to create an environment that will stimulate young children's brains. Designed to be used by families, classroom teachers, family childcare providers, or others caring for young children, the book includes information on current brain research and describes interest areas in…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Class Activities, Cognitive Development
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