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Feurzeig, Wallace; Papert, Seymour A. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
Formal mathematical methods remain, for most high school students, mysterious, artificial and not a part of their regular intuitive thinking. The authors develop some themes that could lead to a radically new approach. According to this thesis, the teaching of programming languages as a regular part of academic progress can contribute effectively…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Programming Languages, Academic Achievement, Heuristics
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Azuma, Hiroshi – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1982
Describes growth in the number of studies of behavior development conducted in Japan during the last 20 years and identifies areas of development receiving attention by Japanese researchers. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
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Akinnaso, F. Niyi – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1981
Examines the effects of literacy on cultural traditions, linguistic behavior, socioeconomic organization, cognitive processes, and child development. Considers the implications for anthropological, psychological, and linguistic theories from the increased attention given to the study of literacy. Includes suggestions for socially and culturally…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Development, Educational Anthropology, Educational Policy
Kozulin, Alex – 1990
Noting that the previous two decades have seen Lev Vygotsky's psychology become highly influential while the psychology of other theoretical giants has faded, this book provides a major intellectual biography about Vygotsky's theories and their relationship to twentieth-century Russian and Western intellectual culture. The book traces Vygotsky's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
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Theory into Practice, 1987
This special issue presents an overview and reprints of 23 articles from 25 years of "Theory Into Practice." It is divided into six general topics: Curriculum; Human Development, Language, and Communication; Instruction and Learning; Organization and Administration; Schooling and Society; and Teacher Education. (MT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Klein, Marvin L. – 1982
Writing development in preschool children has only recently begun to receive attention; however, Russian researchers dealt with the subject in the 1920s and 30s. Arguing that writing was a fundamental assist to cognitive growth as well as a tool for communication, Lev Vygotsky believed that the preschool child was ready to be taught writing.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education