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Fonzi, Marie A. – Educational Leadership, 1982
Fred Wood and Steven Thompson claim that inservice educational practices should be changed because, first, more adults are operating at a lower stage of cognitive development than previously believed, and, second, adults prefer learning in informal social situations. This article challenges the adequacy of the research analysis underlying these…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Experiential Learning

Thompson, Steven R.; Wood, Fred H. – Educational Leadership, 1982
Defends the claims made in an earlier publication by the authors that inservice programs should be more experiential because the cognitive development of adults is less uniformly advanced than previously supposed and because experiential learning is more effective. Cites additional supportive research. (PGD)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Experiential Learning

Klein, Marvin L. – Educational Leadership, 1981
Seven key generalizations based on research findings from the study of children's language offer specific implications for classroom instruction and for instructional policy formulation and decision making. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Research

Martin, David S. – Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association, 1988
The article identifies trends concerning postsecondary education of the hearing impaired, suggests changes in educational philosophy, and proposes options including community interaction, partnership with business, employment preparation, life-long learning centers, cognitive education, alternative forms of assessment, post-secondary centers,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cognitive Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends

Sparks, Dennis – Journal of Staff Development, 1990
An interview with Robert Garmston, California State University professor, details the cognitive coaching model for supervision or peer coaching of principals, department heads, and teachers. The model is based on the principles that all people can change and therefore develop intellectually, and that teacher performance is based on decision-making…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Sanchez, Rosaura; And Others – 1978
Three papers on assessment and planning in bilingual education are presented. In "Language Theory Bases," Rosaura Sanchez advocates an approach toward child bilingual education that takes into account the relationship between the parallel domains of language development and cognitive development. An awareness of this relationship is…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Child Language