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Swenson, Lee – Media and Methods--Exploration in Education, 1972
Author suggests specific ways to re-awaken high school students' curiosity and teach them how to ask questions which will increase their intellectual powers and broaden their awareness of the world about them and the significance of their studies. (PD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curiosity, Inquiry, Intellectual Development
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Perkins, D. N. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Sifts through confusing intelligence theories, arguing that intelligence is a combination of influences involving power, tactics, and content. Good thinking is an unnatural act demanding evenhanded reasoning, problem finding (versus solving), and knowledge as invention. Discusses thinking frames guiding thought processes and the implications for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Intelligence
Sadler, William A., Jr.; Whimbey, Arthur – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Proposes six principles to follow when teaching students to think. Aimed at teaching thinking as an indivisible process rather than as a set of discrete skills, the principles involve active learning, the articulation of thinking, intuitive understanding, structuring courses developmentally, motivating learning, and establishing a positive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Intellectual Development
Tomasi, Timothy J. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1973
Verstehen, the understanding of human behavior, can be of value to teacher and student alike, bringing both to an increased level of sophistication in the learning process. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Intellectual Development
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Egan, Kieran – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1974
A general discussion of programed instruction as compared to other teaching methods of cognitive skills. Various theories of pedagogy are also discussed. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Intellectual Development, Learning
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Jacob, Saied H. – Educational Forum, 1982
Piaget's theory of cognitive motivation is examined. Other Piagetian theories are also explored: the distinction between figurative and operative aspects of knowledge, and passivity versus activity. A limited set of implications of Piaget's theory and description of intellectual development for methods of active education are discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Intellectual Development
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Lochhead, Jack – Educational Leadership, 1981
Research in cognitive science is providing an increasingly detailed understanding of human cognition. Teachers can help students become conscious of their own reasoning processes and then learn to compare, contrast, interrelate, or coordinate various ways in which they think in order to refine their problem-solving methods. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Learning Processes, Problem Solving
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Singer, Harry – Reading Teacher, 1978
Teaching active comprehension helps students learn to ask their own questions and guide their own thinking. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Cierzniak, Suzanne Lipetska – 1985
This annotated bibliography attempts to answer the following questions: (1) What is criticial thinking? (2) Can it be taught and to whom? (3) Which methods are most practical for teaching critical thinking to secondary students? and (4) Can its acquisition be tested? The first question researches the literature for a definition of the term. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Developmental Stages, Intellectual Development
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Taylor, Marilyn J. – Journal of Reading, 1978
Describes a self-instructional photo-study learning center on comprehension skills for remedial readers. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Learning Activities
Anisimova, V. S. – Soviet Education, 1974
The author examines current techniques used to teach elementary school children how to analyze and compare. Emphasis is placed upon developing these modes of mental activity while teaching biological concepts. (DE)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking
Silber, Kenneth H. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1981
Describes an internal thought and control process which underlies an individual's ability to learn and apply specific instructional skills. Piaget's formal operation thought schema is discussed as a means of identifying the components of this process, and implications for instructional development trainers are presented. Sixteen references are…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Cookson, Peter W., Jr. – Teaching Pre K-8, 2004
In this article, the author discusses Robert J. Sternberg's theory of "successful intelligence," which theorizes that intelligence consists of three parts: analytic, creative and practical abilities. Sternberg argues that intelligence can be fostered in the right educational environment by encouraging students to develop and exercise their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intelligence, Educational Environment, Cognitive Processes
Garrett, Candace; Marshall, Patricia M. – 1977
This paper deals with the primary processes of cognition in fifth- and sixth-grade children; i.e., how children this age interpret what they see and hear, how they remember it, and how they reason and solve problems. Designed to provide background information for the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Design Requirements, Instructional Design, Intellectual Development
Rancourt, Richard; Dionne, Jean-Paul – 1981
This review of two distinct areas of research--brain research and psycho-epistemology--indicates a possible link between the two which may potentially help to identify an as yet unknown molar trait which could be responsible for divergent opinions regarding teaching and learning theories, and may help to explain differential achievement when these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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