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Download full textTorney-Purta, Judith – 1989
Course offerings with an international focus have expanded rapidly in secondary schools in the United States in the last decade, and research is needed to explore how global and international education goals may be achieved. Four models for organizing the research agenda are presented: (1) organization around a study of influences upon global and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLehman, Peter – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Argues for an approach to undergraduate instruction that incorporates recent research concerning schema theory (the continual cognitive restructuring and processing of information). Recommends beginning with fundamental skills and building on these to include more complex concepts and processes. Includes an illustrative example beginning with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Educational Development, Educational Testing
