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Davies, H. B. – Mathematics in School, 1980
The author presents and elaborates on a division algorithm devised by his 9-year-old son. (MK)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Discovery Processes

Hocevar, Dennis – Child Study Journal, 1979
The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: Verbal Form A were given to 39 fifth-grade children in a rural elementary school and scored for fluency, flexibility, and originality. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Tests

Baker-Sennett, Jacquelyn; Ceci, Stephen J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
Two studies were conducted, one using 80 university students and the other 140 fifth through seventh graders, to examine the relationship between problem-solving strategies (leaping and flexibility) and measures of insight and scholastic aptitude. Relationships among insight, leaping, and quantitative scholastic aptitude were found. A…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking

Castle, Marrietta; Lewis, Cathie – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Describes grade-appropriate weekly activities designed to appeal directly to students by giving them open-ended questions. Activities may be worked on individually, in pairs, or in small groups. This particular set of activities focuses on stories from literature involving measurement, earning money, marketing a product, and setting up a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes
CARPENTER, ELIZABETH T. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TWOFOLD--(1) TO FIND WHAT LOGICAL HABITS AND ABILITIES POSSESSED BY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE DEMONSTRATED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPOSITIONAL TASKS, AND (2) TO COMPARE THE WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAD STUDIED UNDER THE NEBRASKA CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT CENTER'S LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
New South Wales Dept. of Education, Sydney (Australia). – 1975
Curriculum guidelines are given for social studies instruction in primary grades in New South Wales. No compulsory topics are suggested, but the rationale, objectives, and areas of inquiry provide a framework within which teachers can work. Based on the assumption that social studies should contribute to the development of individuals who can…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Curriculum

Kobasigawa, Akira – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1983
Grade four (20) and grade eight (20) Ontario parochial school children were interviewed to assess retrieval skills for school research projects, particularly selecting search areas/specific book sections for particular retrieval questions and evaluating gathered information. Older children were more skillful at generating/defining search areas and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Schwartz, James E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes the use and rationale of "Silent Teaching," a teaching technique in which the teacher remains silent as students generate and evaluate hypotheses while trying to understand an as-yet undiscovered concept. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation

Alterman, Alan E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes the "number 2 arithmetic challenge," an activity in which students score points by creating examples using the number 2 that satisfy an unknown rule. Computers are utilized to verify and record examples. Conflicts with computer responses create situations to explore negative numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, the order of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
Muller, Charles – 1978
A study is described of heuristic devices useful in learning both native and second languages. The study concerns particularly the means used by very young students (second and third graders) in vocabulary acquisition and in the establishment of semantic relationships. It was of concern to verify if (1) the children would use their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Jurik, Richard A. – 1972
The study determined whether using outdoor experiences as a teaching medium increased the level of creative thought for sixth grade children. Four factors of creativity were measured: figural fluency, figural flexibility, figural originality, and figural elaboration. Two groups of sixth grade pupils, one experimental (with 30 children)and the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Art Activities, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis