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Baisheva, Mariia I.; Golikov, Alexey I.; Prokopieva, Maria M.; Popova, Ludmila V.; Zakharova, Alexandra I.; Kovtun, Tatiana Ju. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
The modern education is dominantly targeted at the left hemisphere. It draws insufficient attention to the harmonization of the functioning of both brain hemispheres. This has a negative impact on the development of the abilities of children and is especially detrimental to boys and those children who are brought up in the natural environment. In…
Descriptors: Games, Folk Culture, Child Development, Intellectual Development
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Clements, Douglas H.; Nastasi, Bonnie K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1987
Examined the applicability of Sternberg's componential theory of intellectual functioning to young children's thinking and the validity of an observational approach to the measurement of metacomponential processing using elementary school children subjects (N=40). Results indicated that both reliability and construct validity of the observational…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Learning Theories, Metacognition
Society for Research in Child Development. – 1970
Five conference reports that originally appeared as monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development concern cognition in young children. Included in a section on thought are articles on Piaget and his theories, computer simulation on human thinking, and an information processing theory of intellectual development. The development of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Development
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Mitchell, P.; And Others – Cognition, 1996
Examined bias in reasoning in adults and in children, ages five through nine years, by presenting story or videotape true/false messages. Found that adults made judgments contaminated by their own background knowledge abut the believability of the message more frequently than did children. (ET)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development
Love, Kim – Children and Families, 1997
Outlines basic concepts about how the brain develops and considers how Head Start teachers and parents can take full advantage of the brain's multisensory learning approach to develop more effective ways to interact with children. Focuses on the critical developmental period for stimulating neurons and developing neural connections. Suggests…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development
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Daugherty, Martha; Logan, Jenny – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Examined relationships among young children's metacognitive processing and creative ability, based on information-processing theory and Vygotsky's early thought development theory. Twenty-one five- and six-year olds were assessed on four attributes of creativity, and their private speech was coded. Specific qualities and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Gifted, Intellectual Development
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Neal, Harriet C. – Social Studies, 1980
The article uses Jean Piaget's theory of four stages of intellectual growth to describe (1) developmental aspects of the six- to seven-year-old child which are pertinent to the teaching of social studies and (2) a social studies program which teaches rational thinking. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Discovery Processes
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Brierley, John – School Science Review, 1974
Provides some background from the biological and behavioral sciences relevant to the education of young children. The author concludes that experience gained by age 8 (particularly during the years 0 to 5) matters for the rest of an individual's life. (PEB)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Hidi, Suzanne E.; Hildyard, Angela – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Evidence is provided to refute the suggestion, made by Macnamara et al. (1976), that four-year-old children perform logical operations corresponding to formal logic upon the sentential components of implicative verbs to produce indirect implications. It is argued that children use past knowledge plus additional premises to derive indirect…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
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Macnamara, John – Journal of Child Language, 1979
Presents a rebuttal to Hidi and Hildyard's (1976) criticism of Macnamara et al.'s (1976) assertion regarding the ability of four-year-old children to grasp implicatives and presuppositions. (AM)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
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Rose, Susan A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Measures of visual and tactual recognition memory, tactual-visual transfer, and object permanence were obtained for preterm and full-term infants. Measures of tactual-visual transfer were correlated with later intelligence measures up to the age of five years. These correlations were independent of socioeconomic status, medical risk, and early…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Longitudinal Studies
BRUNER, JEROME S. – 1965
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PROFESSOR BRUNER, THE CENTER FOR COGNITIVE STUDIES AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAS CARRIED OUT A SERIES OF STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITION. THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 30 EXPERIMENTS ON THE GROWTH OF PERCEPTION, PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND REASONING BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 10, IN PURSUIT OF A THEORY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGES IN…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Piers, Maria W., Ed. – 1972
Papers presented at a Loyola University Symposium, part of a series on human growth and development, are published in this volume. The papers are: (1) "Some Aspects of Operations," by Jean Piaget; (2) "Operational Thought and Social Adaptation," by Peter H. Wolff; (3) "Fundamental Education," by Rene A. Spitz; (4)…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Books, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA. – 1972
The proceedings of the University Affiliated Program's Second Special Interdisciplinary Seminar, concerning Piagetian theory, are presented. The opening session dealt with the question "Can Piaget's Theory Provide a Better Psychometry?", C. E. Meyers, speaker. Among the papers reprinted in the proceedings from the afternoon program of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation