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Pattridge, Gregory C. – Understanding Our Gifted, 2009
Teachers and parents who read about the brain on the Internet should do so critically to determine fact from opinion. Are the assertions real about certain methods/strategies that claim to be based on brain research? Will they make a difference in their teaching and in achievement levels? Turning theory into fact take time and replication of solid…
Descriptors: Research Design, Brain, Teaching Methods, Academically Gifted
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Felton, Gary S.; Thomas, Lloyd J. – College Student Journal, 1972
When compared with control Ss, experimental Ss showed significantly greater favorable change in seven areas. Followup research showed this program to be effective in combatting low achievement and in placing its students in challenging collegiate programs where they have remained and performed successfully for two years. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Individualized Instruction
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Walters, L.; Sieben, G. – Science Education, 1974
Reports the results of a study of the relationship between cognitive style and achievement in a modern elementary science program. (JR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
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Duchastel, Philippe C.; Merrill, Paul F. – Review of Educational Research, 1973
Results obtained from the research were inconsistent, indicating no support for the thesis that objectives aid learning. Research recommendations are submitted, with conclusions drawn reflecting the positive attitudes toward presenting objectives. (JB)
Descriptors: Achievement, Advance Organizers, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives
Federico, Pat-Anthony – 1982
Ascertaining changes in cognitive correlates of learning as students advanced through hierarchical instruction, 24 individual difference measures were obtained from 166 Navy trainees who had completed a computer-managed mastery course in electricity and electronics. Three types of cognitive characteristic measures were used in the study--tests of…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement, Aptitude, Cognitive Measurement
Stern, Carolyn – 1968
This bibliography, made up of approximately 350 entries concerned with many aspects of problem solving and concept formation in young children, has been designed for use by people primarily involved in experimental research in these areas of child development. Entries include experimental journal articles, conference papers, unpublished research…
Descriptors: Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
CARTON, AARON S. – 1966
CHAPTERS I AND II OF THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT STATE THE PROBLEM AND OBJECTIVES OF A PROJECT IN WHICH RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF INSTRUCTING STUDENTS TO MAKE INFERENCES AS A MEANS OF EXTENDING THE LANGUAGE LEARNING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, LANGUAGE LABORATORY, AND TEACHING MACHINE. FROM THIS BASIC CONCEPT EMERGED THREE PROBLEM AREAS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, French