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Preschoolers' Causal Reasoning during Shared Picture Book Storytelling: A Cross-Case Comparison Descriptive Study
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Reed, Helen C.; Hurks, Petra P. M.; Kirschner, Paul A.; Jolles, Jelle – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2015
This study investigates how shared picture book storytelling within a peer-group setting could stimulate causal reasoning in children aged 4½ to 6 years. Twenty-eight children from preschool classes of three schools were allocated to one of six groups (four to five children per group). Each group participated in six storytelling sessions over a…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Picture Books, Story Telling, Comparative Analysis
Constructivism and Teachers' Professional Development.
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Keiny, Shoshana – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1994
The postgraduate Teacher Thinking Seminar (TTS) was created to explore the implications of constructivist theory for teachers' education and development. Using participants' own practical knowledge, the main strategy was the dialectical process of group reflection. The article elaborates four seminar examples, suggesting that TTS can effectively…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education
A Guide to the Use of Group Learning Techniques. Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 5.
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Ellington, Henry – 1984
This booklet is the third of three sequels to "A Guide to the Selection of Instructional Methods." Following a brief introduction, characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of five group learning techniques are examined: (1) buzz sessions and similar small-group exercises; (2) class discussions, seminars, and tutorials; (3) participative…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills
Computers and Reasoning Through Talk in the Classroom.
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Wegerif, Rupert; Mercer, Neil – Language and Education, 1996
Proposes an approach to teaching reasoning through classroom conversation that integrates group work around computers into curriculum-related activities. The article examines research on collaborative learning and describes a program in which the computer is used to direct children's explicit, joint reasoning in curriculum-related activities. (79…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction
A Developmental Comparison Between Preschool and Middle School Social Problem Solving in Two Countries.
Lundsteen, Sara W. – 1981
Several studies were conducted to investigate the nature and development of creative social problem solving among older and younger children in Sweden and the United States. First, the behaviors of older children were investigated formally in a large-scale experimental study of California 10-year-olds. Results indicated that children receiving…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Changes in the Rhythm of Lessons Following a Teacher-Training Workshop in Medical School.
Mahler, Sophia; And Others – 1983
A study examined both cognitive and activity rhythms of lessons in a variety of disciplines and teaching styles in the medical school curriculum among 20 faculty members at Ben Gurion University, Israel. Studied were changes which occurred in the rhythms following a teacher training program, and interrelationship among rhythms and size of learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Higher Education