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Peer reviewedWebster, Linda; Ammon, Paul – Research in the Teaching of English, 1994
Investigates Piagetian measures of concrete operations in relation to specific school tasks. Shows that seriation ability of fifth graders was relevant to the organization of temporal and causal relationships but that development of theoretically relevant cognitive abilities is a necessary but not sufficient condition for high levels of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedChapman, Marilyn L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1995
Considers the written genres of a group of six children in a first-grade classroom. Reveals the children to be active participants in the social dialogue of their classrooms. Outlines their use of genres and describes where these genres may have come from. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Modes, Grade 1, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedBenton, Stephen L.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Investigates the relative effectiveness of two adjunct questioning techniques employed to increase writers' elaboration. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedOdell, Lee – Research in the Teaching of English, 1974
Students made increased, but statistically non-significant, use of invention procedures taught them over the span of a one-semester composition course. (JH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen, Language Research, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedSchneider, Jenifer Jasinski – Research in the Teaching of English, 2003
Examines both the complex writing performance of three students in a 2nd-3rd grade class and the instructional strategies of their teacher, focusing on the interplay between the children's strategy use and the teacher's instruction. Contributes to theories of writing development by recasting children's writing as performance within the differing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies
