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Schwartz, Bonnie D.; Sprouse, Rex A. – Second Language Research, 2021
In her keynote article advocating the Linguistic Proximity Model for third language (L3) acquisition, Westergaard (2021) presents several arguments against 'copying and restructuring' in nonnative language acquisition, mechanisms central to Schwartz and Sprouse's (1996) Full Transfer/Full Access model of second language (L2) acquisition. In this…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Transfer of Training
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Anderson, Ross C. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2018
In this commentary, I build on recent interdisciplinary models for embodied cognition with additional perspectives from affective neuroscience, educational psychology, creativity theory, and science education. I invoke William James and John Dewey, pioneers of an embodied philosophy of mind, alongside recent affective neuroscience theory about the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Schemata (Cognition), Interdisciplinary Approach, Neurosciences
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Hruby, George G. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2011
In literacy education, neuroscience research has been alluded to increasingly in work meant to substantiate cognitive models of the reading process related to text decoding and its instruction. As a result, this material tends to focus on early reading or reading disability and dyslexia (e.g., Hudson, High, & Al Otaiba, 2007; Shaywitz, 2003). It…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Early Reading, Educational Psychology, Educational Practices
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Immordino-Yang, Mary Helen – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2008
From the pragmatists to the neo-Piagetians, development has been understood to involve cycles of perception and action--the internalization of interactions with the world and the construction of skills for acting in the world. From a neurobiological standpoint, new evidence suggests that neural activities related to action and perception converge…
Descriptors: Models, Goal Orientation, Brain, Sociocultural Patterns
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Castner, Stacy A.; Williams, Graham V. – Brain and Cognition, 2007
The prefrontal cortex of the primate frontal lobes provides the capacity for judgment which can constantly adapt behavior in order to optimize its outcome. Adjudicating between long-term memory programs and prepotent responses, this capacity reviews all incoming information and provides an interpretation dependent on the events that have just…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Schemata (Cognition), Schizophrenia, Long Term Memory
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Sims, Ronald R. – Public Personnel Management, 1993
Kolb's Experiential Learning Model suggests that people differ in how they perceive and process information. Public agency training should incorporate knowledge of brain hemisphere dominance and learning style preferences in training design. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Style, Experiential Learning
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Torrance, E. P.; Rockenstein, Z. L. – Gifted International, 1987
The article reviews the literature on creativity, learning styles, brain studies, teaching technologies, and learning strategies. Although learning styles and strategies differ among individuals, creativity is maximized through use of the fully functioning brain. Teaching suggestions include producing alternative explanations/consequences,…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Creativity
Hamachek, Alice L. – 1991
Reading is fundamental to learning. Vital to learning is memory, which is the mental faculty used to retrieve what was read and understood. The human brain is about the size of a grapefruit and weighs about as much as a head of cabbage. The cerebral cortex is a kind of problem-solving and memorizing device. The hippocampus plays a critically…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Hand, James D. – 1984
This review of the literature on the workings of the brain in relation to learning and instructional design reviews recent research on both long- and short-term memory, and discusses findings on lateralized or "split-brain" functions. Problems associated with short-term memory are also considered, and the concept of the Tribune Brain is…
Descriptors: Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Instructional Design, Lateral Dominance
Coble, Joyce – 1983
Through the years teachers have developed a systematic approach to teaching logic, order, and structure. This approach has put to use the capabilities of only the left side of the brain, neglecting the right-brain activities of visual literacy and visual clustering. To help students organize information efficiently, teachers should provide…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Hranitz, John R. – 1985
Researchers in medicine, education, and related fields continue to make new discoveries about how the brain functions or malfunctions. The implications of studies of how young children learn compare favorably with those of educators such as Maria Montessori, Jerome Bruner, and Jean Piaget. These researchers saw growth and development as a series…
Descriptors: Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Environment, Concept Formation
Winters, Clyde A. – 1995
This document, which is designed for adult literacy practitioners, differentiates between the different types of literacy, explains the principles of neurobiological learning and their relationship to the development of literacy and numeracy skills, and presents a neurobiology-based technique of literacy instruction. The differences between…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Brain Hemisphere Functions