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Park, Youn-Ho – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2016
In this article, I trace a shift in Confucian scholars' interpretations about the idea of "learning for one's self" vs. "learning for others" from "the Analects": a shift from the philological interpretation to the philosophical one. Despite its defect, most Neo-Confucians accepted the philosophical interpretation,…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Educational Philosophy, Asians, Role
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Culver, K. C.; Braxton, John; Pascarella, Ernie – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2019
While previous research has examined outcomes related to academic rigor, mixed findings have resulted from differing conceptualizations of rigor as well as varying methodological approaches. Defining rigor as those in-class practices and assignments that require students to engage in deep learning and demonstrate cognitive complexity, we use…
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Lifelong Learning, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Songer, Nancy Butler; Gotwals, Amelia Wenk – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Policy documents in science education suggest that even at the earliest years of formal schooling, students are capable of constructing scientific explanations about focal content. Nonetheless, few research studies provide insights into how to effectively provide scaffolds appropriate for late elementary-age students' fruitful creation of…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Science Achievement
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Phillipson, Sivanes – Educational Psychology, 2009
Vygotsky speculated that parents play an important role in the intellectual development of their children, and that this role includes the transfer of expectations related to their children's academic achievement. Consequently, different parents can produce different contexts of academic achievement for their children. The participants were 215…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Development, Parent Aspiration, Elementary School Students
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Erb, Tom – Middle School Journal, 2002
Asserts that concern for academic success across the curriculum should extend beyond raising test scores. Contends that in the wake of the terrorist acts of 9/11/01, issues of public security and civil liberties present an opportunity for teachers to teach the Constitution and its amendments in an effort to fight citizen ignorance. (SD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Children, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
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Mayer, Victor J.; Richmond, James M. – Science Education, 1982
Summarizes a study of instruments developed for use in assessing aspects of science curriculum and instruction. (PB)
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Evaluation
Michell, Lynn – CORE, 1979
A cognitive-based system of analysis of spoken discourse was designed to provide details about the way pupils think and talk about issues arising from prose material. Written and spoken responses were analyzed to examine the effects of intellectual ability, differences in the stimulus passage, and prior small group discussion. (Note: Page…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking