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Peer reviewedGlaser, Robert – Educational Researcher, 1979
A corrective interactive network between behavioral scientists and educators is developing in the research community. Examples of research generated by this network and projections for research in the 1980s are presented in this article. (RLV)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Educational Psychology, Educational Research, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedNagle, Richard J. – School Psychology Digest, 1979
Research supports the reliability and validity of the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA); but its concurrent validity with conventional intelligence tests suggests that the McCarthy General Cognitive Index and Intelligence Quotient are not comparable. The MCSA eliminates certain weaknesses found in similar tests: the Stanford-Binet and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence Tests, Preschool Education, Preschool Tests
Peer reviewedSugar, William – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1995
Reviews information retrieval (IR) studies since 1986 from the user's perspective. Identifies two main approaches that advocate user-centered design theory: (1) the cognitive approach; and (2) the holistic approach. Also explores other approaches--systems thinking/action research and usability techniques that may have potential for IR research and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Computer System Design, Holistic Approach, Information Retrieval
Taylor, Arthuryne; Valentine, Barbara – 1985
Over a decade of research findings representing the work of more than 100 scholars are contained in the growing body of knowledge about effective schools. This report summarizes the results of studies that focus specifically on the characteristics of effective principals, classrooms, and teachers. The report also offers notes of caution to users…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Download full textMartens, Kay – 1975
The introductory portion of this document reviews the definitions of cognitive style and presents the models of cognitive style developed by James McKenney, Samuel Messick, and Joseph Hill. It also discusses the application of these models to education. The annotated bibliography is designed as a review of selected materials that provide an…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Smith, Marshall – 1982
This supplementary bibliography of publications produced in 1981 under the auspices of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research is intended to inform the educational community of the latest research and development on the education of individuals and diverse groups of students in elementary and secondary schools. A total of 50 technical…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Blakemore, Thomas; And Others – 1984
This manuscript was written to provide rehabilitation professionals, and vocational evaluation practitioners in particular, with information about learning style assessment instruments. The first section of the guide consists of a literature review that focuses on such aspects of development of the learning styles concept as individual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Criteria
