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L'Engle, Madeleine – Horn Book Magazine, 1983
Argues the importance of teaching children to "disturb the universe"--take stands on important issues. Decries the world of the binary computer where all questions must be answered yes/no or either/or. (FL)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Computers, Futures (of Society)
Baird, John R. – 1989
This paper pursues three themes for understanding the nature of teaching and learning: (1) the mechanisms involved in teaching and learning as they occur in their normal context; (2) the processes and effects of a change whereby teachers and students assume greater personal awareness; and (3) the processes for facilitating change. Discussion…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Agents, Cognitive Development, Epistemology
Hausfather, Sam – 1996
Current reform efforts in education emphasize role changes for students and teachers within classrooms and schools. A phenomenological study examined one teacher's internal conflict while negotiating the shifting boundaries of power relations between teacher and students. The goal of this study was to explore the processes and constraints involved…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Learning Experience
King, Patricia M.; And Others – 1989
The intellectual development of black college students on a predominantly white campus was examined using the Reflective Judgment model of post-adolescent intellectual development. The model posits a seven-stage sequence of changes in assumptions about the sources of certainty of knowledge, and shows how these assumptions affect the ways adults…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, College Students, Higher Education
Nevius, John; Murphy, J. Thomas – 1976
This paper argues that it is important to provide children with complementary activities in a horizontal arrangement in order to promote acceleration of vertical levels of thinking. A brief review of literature on the relationship between experience and logical thinking is presented and the definition and function of transfer are discussed.…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Teaching
Desforges, Charles – 1981
An examination of the views of Piaget on child development and a review of criticisms of his theories illustrate the general problem of applying psychological theories to educational practice. It is concluded that educators are largely ignorant of what children know and their ways of coming to know, especially as these operate in real time…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Developmental Psychology
Pike, Gary R. – 1997
This study investigated the effects of different types of learning communities in residence halls on the learning and intellectual development of first-year students at the University of Missouri (Columbia). Information sources included existing campus data and responses to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire. Compared to 469 students…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Housing, Dormitories
Carew, Jean V. – 1975
The present study states as its purpose the delineation of everyday transactions with the environment of a group of children observed longitudinally in their own homes and neighborhoods from age one to three. This research is considered to have been designed to answer: (1) what types of experiences are intellectually valuable to the young child;…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Early Experience, Human Development