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Schack, Mary Lou; Massari, David J. – 1972
This study was designed to examine the effects of two factors on the delay behavior of six year old children, a large percentage of whom had not yet attained temporal operations. The subjects consisted of 60 black, first grade children from a lower class urban neighborhood school. The experimental design was a 2x3 factorial with the first factor…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives
Leming, James S. – 1986
The organization and argument of this paper on the status of economic education in American schools today are essentially summarized in four observations. They are that: (1) the current emphasis of economic education is overwhelmingly cognitive and focuses on increasing student knowledge and understanding of our economic system; (2) available…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Formation, Content Analysis
Davidson, Bonnie – 1977
The document explains the need for holistic social studies teaching methods, proposes a holistic model for use in a fourth grade social studies class, and places the model within the general context of social studies education. A holistic method is defined as a way of teaching which is cognitively and affectively integrated with individual…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Curriculum Development
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Klausmeier, Herbert J. – 1976
A model of conceptual learning and development that provides a framework for studying the course of cognitive development throughout the school years and also studying the learning concepts across short time intervals is discussed in this paper. The theory includes five main propositions. First, children learn four successively higher levels of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Objectives
Caputo, David A. – 1977
This study evaluates the results of innovation in teaching methodology in an American government college course. The assumption of the study was that organizing a course into modules which required students to be tested for proficiency after each module was presented would maximize student factual knowledge gain and would result in improved…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Course Evaluation