Descriptor
Source
| Science Education | 1 |
Author
| Coleman, Joyce H. | 1 |
| Doran, Rodney L. | 1 |
| Guerin, Robert O. | 1 |
| Leushina, A. M. | 1 |
| MUKTARIAN, HERBERT H. | 1 |
| Metlina, L. S. | 1 |
| THOMPSON, GEORGE G. | 1 |
| Taylor, Peter C. S. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Books | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 1 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 2 |
| Researchers | 2 |
| Teachers | 2 |
Location
| USSR | 2 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Texas (San Antonio) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textMUKTARIAN, HERBERT H.; THOMPSON, GEORGE G. – 1966
PIAGET'S THEORETICAL FORMULATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSERVATION OF CONTINUOUS QUANTITY WAS EXAMINED. CONTROL SUBJECTS IN EACH OF TWO AGE GROUPS (5 AND 6 YEARS) WERE GIVEN A COMPLEX TASK SITUATION THAT IS TYPICAL OF PIAGET'S WORK. THESE SUBJECTS WERE ALSO GIVEN ANOTHER TASK, A MEASURE OF CONSERVATION OF QUANTITY THAT IS INDEPENDENT OF PIAGET'S…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Mathematical Concepts
Taylor, Peter C. S. – 1990
A collaborative research study was designed to facilitate, at the local school level, a mathematics teacher's development of a "constructivist" pedagogy. This paper discusses the nature and influence of the teacher's professional beliefs on his attempts to create a classroom learning environment congruent with the principles of a constructivist…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Epistemology
Peer reviewedDoran, Rodney L.; Guerin, Robert O. – Science Education, 1974
The major objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the perceptual preferences of elementary school children and their performance on pictorial model-based tests of selected science concepts. Perceptual preferences for size and shape did not significantly influence performance. Preference for color did appear to be…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Metlina, L. S. – 1991
This is volume 5 in the series of translations of books from the Soviet literature on research in the psychology of mathematics instruction and on teaching methods influenced by the research. The heart of this volume is the need to establish a continuity between sensory perceptions and conceptual development as children progress from work in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Psychology
Leushina, A. M. – 1991
This is volume 4 of the series of translations of books from the Soviet literature on research in the psychology of mathematics instruction and on teaching methods influenced by the research. The introduction to this English language translation highlights the fact that significant advances have been made in the understanding of both the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Psychology
Coleman, Joyce H. – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the seventh in a series of 16, provides an introduction to cognitive development in young children for bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher trainees. Perceptual skills (visual, figure-ground, part-whole, spatial, auditory and tactile discrimination) and cognitive processes and concepts…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Teachers, Check Lists, Child Caregivers
