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Download full textBalch, Mary Frances – 1993
The education of children who are gifted is examined with respect to their unique traits as a group, their learning styles, and the best methods for instruction. The focus is elementary level academic instruction and strategies that can be used by regular classroom teachers to challenge students who are gifted. Consideration is given to:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Cognitive Style, Creativity
Direct linkWinkelmes, Mary-Ann – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2004
This essay draws on insights from studies on learning to explore the role of formation in the classroom. Studies of intellectual development, learning styles, and the physiology of learning are reviewed. Methodologies and models for encouraging formative learning in seminary classrooms are explored. This essay was written to address one of the…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Classroom Environment, Theological Education, Church Related Colleges
Peer reviewedRedding, Richard E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1989
An ecological-systems view is presented describing academic underachievement in highly verbal, gifted adolescents. It is argued that a unique pattern of interests, motives, and cognitive styles results in a differential pattern of achievement for these youth. Implications for psychoeducational assessment, pedagogy, and counseling are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Academically Gifted, Adolescents, Cognitive Style
Heflich, David A.; Iran-Nejad, Asghar – 1995
Inspired by the work of Donald Schon and John Dewey, educators today consider reflective practice a viable alternative to the technical-rational paradigm that has historically dominated educational thought in the United States. This paper argues that wholetheme constructivism can lead to a deeper understanding of reflective practice. Dewey…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
Peer reviewedRenzulli, Joseph S.; Reis, Sally M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1994
This article reviews research on the Schoolwide Enrichment Triad Model, which combines the previously developed Enrichment Triad and Revolving Door Identification Models of gifted education. Research reviewed addresses: model effectiveness, creative productivity, personal and social development, underserved populations, self-efficacy, curricular…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Style, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Sandhu, Daya Singh – 1994
This paper emphasizes the significance of cultural diversity in American schools and its implications for the teaching and learning processes. Also highlighted is the importance of the realization that diversity is what makes the United States unique. The paper discusses the cultural dynamics of clashes and conflicts as well as of cooperation and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
