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Eugene Geist; D'wana Webb – Childhood Education, 2024
The standby wooden blocks that are prevalent in most high-quality early childhood classrooms are missing from most primary and elementary grades. The goal for block play in early childhood is to support learning in mathematics, science, art, literacy and language arts, physical development, social studies, and social and emotional growth. This…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Classroom Environment, Instructional Materials, Manipulative Materials
Slattery, Cheryl A. – IGI Global, 2018
As reading is vital to success in life and opens the door to nearly all other learning opportunities, it is essential that educators understand why students with learning how to read. Therefore, it is key for both professionals and researchers to establish their own approaches to assist those with reading difficulties. "Developing Effective…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Intervention
King, Alessandra – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2015
Spatial reasoning--the ability to visualise and play with shapes in one's mind--is essential in many fields, and crucial in any Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics [STEM] discipline. It is, for example, the ability that the engineer needs to build bridges; the chemist to see the three-dimensional structure of a molecule; the architect to…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Coding, STEM Education, Thinking Skills
Weckbacher, Lisa Marie; Okamoto, Yukari – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
Recent studies have shown that strengths in spatial skills are a key to success in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers. However, these skills are undervalued in our educational system and thus seldom incorporated in classroom teaching. As a first step towards changing the current practices, we worked with a group of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, STEM Education
Tolar, Tammy D.; Fuchs, Lynn; Cirino, Paul T.; Fuchs, Douglas; Hamlett, Carol L.; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
This study addressed predictors of the development of word problem solving (WPS) across the intermediate grades. At beginning of 3rd grade, 4 cohorts of students (N = 261) were measured on computation, language, nonverbal reasoning skills, and attentive behavior and were assessed 4 times from beginning of 3rd through end of 5th grade on 2 measures…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Language Skills, Problem Solving, Grade 3
Speedie, Stuart M.; And Others – 1973
This study investigates one way humans cope with change--problem-solving. It concentrates on the human abilities important to efficient problem-solving and the processes involved in problem-solving. The objectives of this study were: (1) to develop three group administration tasks that measure problem-solving processes; (2) to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Elementary Education, Problem Solving

Bestgen, Barbara J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
Results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress related to student ability to use information from graphs and charts is discussed. (MP) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Ability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Merickel, Mark L. – 1992
The premise of the Creative Technology Project, a collaboration by Autodesk, Inc., the School of Education at Oregon State University, and Novato Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay Area, was that children's cognitive abilities could be enhanced by having them develop, displace, transform, and interact with 2D and 3D…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Computer Graphics, Computers
Talton, Carolyn Flanagan – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine if selected mental, mathematical, reading, and personality assessments of sixth-grade pupils could predict high achievers in mathematical verbal problem solving. The subjects were 112 sixth graders, 56 classified as high achievers in mathematical verbal problem solving and 56 classified as low achievers…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 6, Intelligence Tests, Mathematical Concepts

Meyer, Ruth Ann – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1978
Analyses of test results were used to identify a structure of intellectual abilities related to mathematical problem-solving performance. (MP)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics

Robertson, Anne – Primary Science Review, 2001
Introduces a three-year research project called Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) that focuses on increasing student achievement by developing thinking skills. (YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Problem Solving

Greenberger, Ellen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Middle Class

Olson, Melfried – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2002
Features responses to a problem that appeared in the January, 2001 issue of this journal. The problem concerned finding all of the shape combinations of two colors of blocks in four-block combinations. (KHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction, Patterns in Mathematics

Olson, Melfried – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents a problem of tetras made with four cubes, mathematical ideas involved in this problem, and guiding questions for teachers. (KHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Geometric Concepts, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Education
Kish, George B.; Ball, Margaret E. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Elementary Education