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Maher, Carolyn A. – 2002
This paper reports on a portion of a 14-year study of the mathematical thinking of a cohort group of students that was based on an identifiable perspective on how mathematical ideas are built. Three videotape episodes are presented so that groups of students working together can be viewed at three points in time: as fourth graders (ages 9-10) and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Hassan, M. H. – 1978
In its relatively short history, instructional development has been greatly influenced by operant conditioning theory and methodology. This approach has been described by some as simplistic, inhuman, and inflexible. The humanistic approach, on the other hand, focuses on affective, emotional, and intellectual learning experiences. But it seems to…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies
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Marable, Manning – Black Scholar, 1992
Advocates a framework for African-American development and awareness in which African-American studies will play a decisive role in debate surrounding multiculturalism. Multiculturalism and African-American studies must be articulated within a general theory of educational democracy. African-American studies must also become a projection of what…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Studies, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Kamii, Constance – 1974
In this paper it is shown that one's conception of intelligence and its development profoundly affects the formulation of educational objectives. A mechanistic conception of intelligence leads to the definition of objectives as a collection of fragmented "cognitive skills" that have little to do with children's development of intelligence. A…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Education
Swick, Herbert M.; And Others – 1991
During the decade of the 1980s, rapid changes in the nature of medical practice and in patterns of health care delivery confronted medical educators with many challenges. At the Medical College of Wisconsin these challenges led to the design and implementation of the 2-year longitudinal experience called the Profession of Medicine Program (POMP)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking
Diez, Mary E. – 1989
In a collaborative project with Alverno College, 22 elementary and secondary schools created teacher designed plans for the infusion of critical thinking across the curriculum, developing the role of the teacher as change agent. Distinctive features of the program included a focus on critical thinking as an ability to be developed by students,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College School Cooperation, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Hale, Judy; Roy, Joyce – 1996
Giving children the opportunity to be creative requires allowing children to find and solve problems and communicate ideas in novel and appropriate ways. This paper presents 12 basic principles for teachers to follow when presenting art activities with children. These principles include: the process of creating a picture or project is more…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Creative Art, Creative Development
Spodek, Bernard – 1976
Using the book "Fostering Intellectual Development in Young Children" by Kenneth D. Wann and the book's impact on education as a point of departure, this paper presents a way of looking at the early childhood curriculum that goes beyond the book but is in keeping with its concerns for the education of young children. The book was a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences
Noss, Richard – 2002
In this paper, I draw together a corpus of findings derived from two sources: studies of students using computers to learn mathematics, and research into the use of mathematics in professional practice. Using this as a basis, I map some elements of a theoretical framework for understanding the nature of mathematical knowledge in use, and how it is…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
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Asante, Molefi Kete – Black Scholar, 1992
Discusses the maintenance and future of African-American studies within the context of contemporary intellectual ideas. The institutionalization of African-American studies and the creation of the first doctoral program in African-American studies at Temple University in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) marked the flowering of the discipline. (SLD)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies
Harper, Aylene S. – 1985
The role of faculty in student development is considered. The history of the student development movement from the Colonial period to the twentieth century and major student development theories are also reviewed. Important objectives of contemporary student development are identified: to promote students' intellectual and individual development;…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Curriculum Development, Educational Change