Shows that, contrary to Piagetian Theory, formal thought in a variety of subject matters is not possible until sufficient requisite concrete background experience in each content area involved has been attained. (MH)

Language is shown to be an inappropriate tool for developing a child's mind, based on a Piaget-derived theory of intelligence in which thinking is not primarily language-based. Implications for teachers of normal and deaf students in terms of classroom activities to develop students' thought processes are considered. (KW)

Analyzes the interrelationship of concepts, cognitive patterns, and linguistic patterns with the several operations of the reading act as these relate to the environmental background of the students and challenges researchers and teachers to consider reading as an interrelated rather than as a segmented skill process. Bibliography. (MD)

Scores on the Cognitive Abilities Test, Form 3, Verbal and Nonverbal Batteries correlated with The Ross Test of Higher Cognitive Processes at .44 and .22, respectively, for 79 elementary gifted students in grades four to six. (Author)

Experiment one tested 9- and 16-month-old children on a modification of Piaget's Stage IV object permanence task, examining infants' use of information from previous experiences with an object and from a recent hiding to locate a hidden object. In experiment two, two-, two-and-a-half-, and four-year-old children additionally received verbal…

Six seven-year-old children were interviewed to investigate the quality of their solutions to whole-number tasks. Detailed analyses are provided of interviews with a girl who displayed an operative counting scheme (numerical extension) and a boy with a figurative counting scheme (intuitive extension). (MNS)

Asked older individuals (N=24) questions regarding which of their cognitive abilities have changed with age. Subjects' reports about memory corresponded with previous research, i.e., memory decreases with increasing age. For problem-solving abilities, subjects' reports did not correspond with research, i.e., abilities increased with age. Factors…

The hypothesis investigated is that understanding of the long division algorithm requires a higher cognitive level than understanding of fundamental division concepts. Sixth-grade children were tested on performance and understanding of a given algorithm and concepts of division. (MP)

Tested the effectiveness of a cognitive control approach in the treatment of special education learning handicapped children. Employed a pretest-posttest design, using a special education treatment group, a special education control group, and a regular class comparison group. The special education treatment group made significant gains. (Author)

Examines the prevailing theories of reading comprehension: the psycholinguistic model, schema theory, and the skills model. Discusses their implications for instruction. (FL)

The arts should be part of the core curriculum because human cognition is wider than discourse and because the forms one is able to use define the scope of the reality that one can know. (Author/IRT)