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Ausubel, David P. – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
Anderson, Spiro, and Anderson (EJ 189 658) assert that the author's assimilation theory of meaningful learning and retention is "hopelessly vague." Documented examination of these assertions indicates that they are unspecified, unsubstantiated, undocumented, and based on indisputable misrepresentation of published material and on logical…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Learning Theories

Gagne, Robert M. – American Psychologist, 1984
Effects on learning of most principal independent variables can be generalized within, but not between, five different categories: intellectual skills, verbal information, cognitive strategies, motor skills, and attitudes. Psychological research has been and continues to be well-served by this categorization. (GC)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Developmental Psychology
Garrett, Candace; Marshall, Patricia M. – 1977
This paper deals with the primary processes of cognition in fifth- and sixth-grade children; i.e., how children this age interpret what they see and hear, how they remember it, and how they reason and solve problems. Designed to provide background information for the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Design Requirements, Instructional Design, Intellectual Development

Reder, Lynne M. – Review of Educational Research, 1980
Recent research in the area of prose comprehension is reviewed, including factors that affect amount of recall, representations of text structures, and use of world knowledge to aid comprehension. The need for more information processing models of comprehension is emphasized. Elaboration is considered important for comprehension and retention.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level, Models, Prose

Webster, Raymond E. – 1978
Currently, the reliance on intelligence tests as the primary criterion for the placement of children in school programs has been challenged. Much of the controversy focuses on the insensitivity of these instruments to individual cognitive styles for different subgroups of children. While the issue of whether intelligence tests measure skill…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Perfetti, Charles A. – 1983
Reading encompasses a wide range of verbal processes, among them such simple verbal processes as word decoding, letter recognition, name retrieval, and semantic access. The question is whether simple verbal processing differences are adequate to account for general reading ability differences. Across different verbal domains and different ages,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Decoding (Reading)
McLendon, Gloria H. – 1982
Current writings on the functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain are examined, focusing upon possible implications for improving present educational techniques. It has been generally accepted by researchers that the organizational and verbalizing processes are functions of the left cerebral hemisphere, while creative and intuitive…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Creative Dramatics
O'Leary, Daniel – 1977
Studies investigating the functioning of persons who have cerebral lesions and evidence from the study of commisurotomized and normal subjects are reviewed. A study of recognition of pictorial stimuli by right-handed male children is also discussed. Studies about cerebral lesions and associated deficits have yielded information about the…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style

Cohen, Andrew D. – English for Specific Purposes, 1986
Reviews research regarding reading strategies used by Hebrew-speaking students to comprehend English for specific purposes texts, focusing on verbal report techniques in: developing a taxonomy for reading strategies; checking the appropriateness of mentalistic measures for different populations; determining similarities between first-language and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries

Stroud, Judith E. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1995
Reviews studies suggesting benefits of block play for literacy development that provides actual reading and writing experiences. Suggests that block play centers can be literacy-enhanced with materials that are authentic, useful, and appropriate, including: thematic books, magazines, architectural blueprints, envelopes, and adding machine tape.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Guilmet, George M. – 1976
A review of anthropological, psychological, and educational research pertaining to the quiet manner of American Indian students in classroom situations is presented. This phenomenon has been explained using the research perspectives of the learning style theory and interference theory. The learning style theory states that Indian children behave…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes