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Alrashidi, Alanoud; Alanezi, Nawaf – Religious Education, 2020
In many religious communities, children encounter rigorous and continuous processes of religious socialization and education that impact their cognitive development. However, little research has been conducted on children's perceptions of religion and religious concepts. This research explores perceptions of Heaven as a core concept in Islamic…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Socialization, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Seleznyov, Sarah; Adhami, M.; Black, A.; Hodgen, J.; Twiss, S. – Education 3-13, 2022
The Cognitive Acceleration (or Let's Think) approach to mathematics teaching is a Piagetian programme drawing on Vygotsky's research, developed at King's College London over 30 years ago, along with its associated professional development (PD) programme. This project sought to replicate the original studies conducted 10-15 years earlier and before…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Theories, Piagetian Theory, Faculty Development
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Joubert, Ina; Harrison, Giulietta Domenica – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
The importance of a Piagetian approach is recognized in South African early childhood educational practices and teacher training, but the reality of the implementation of teaching and learning in the domain of early years opposes his philosophy in many ways. Our Early Childhood Education policies strongly advocate a Piagetian approach such as the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Goldschmidt, Lynne; Langa, Malose; Alexander, Daleen; Canham, Hugo – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Kohlberg's theory of moral development has maintained a dominant position in cognitive moral development literature over several decades. This universal influence has been particularly evident in its application to moral education literature and policy. A closer assessment of Kohlberg's theoretical conceptualization suggests the application of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Violence, Foreign Countries, Moral Development
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Kloubert, Tetyana – Journal of Transformative Education, 2020
This article explores both the prerequisites and barriers of perspective transformation in the context of two Eastern European societies as examples of post-totalitarian states. Although personal cognitive development is considered as an outcome of perspective transformation, I will demonstrate that certain manifestations of cognitive development…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Systems, Barriers, Cognitive Development
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Smolucha, Larry; Smolucha, Francine – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
According to Lev S. Vygotsky (1896-1934), the highest levels of abstract thinking and self-regulation in preschool development are established in "pretend play using object substitutions." An extensive research literature supports Vygotsky's empirical model of the internalization of self-guiding speech (social speech > private speech…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Early Childhood Education, Abstract Reasoning, Self Control
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Baker, Ryan; Ma, Wei; Zhao, Yuxin; Wang, Shengni; Ma, Zhenjun – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
With the development of personalized learning in technological platforms, more data and information are given to instructors on what contents are appropriate for a learner's next step, with an aim of helping them support their students in navigating an optimized learning path that can promote an enhanced learning outcome. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Electronic Learning, Learning Theories, Cognitive Development
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Novak, Magdalena; Phelan, Siëlle; Lewalter, Doris; Schwan, Stephan – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Previous research from in and outside museums suggests that the haptic exploration of surfaces and objects have various educational benefits and can positively influence the museum visit experience. However, there is still a need for more research on the potential effects of object handling on museum learning, especially in science museums. The…
Descriptors: Science Education, Museums, Learning Processes, Photography
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Nurzaman – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Model of moral cultivation in MTsN Bangunharja done using three methods, classical cultivation methods, extra-curricular activities in the form of religious activities, scouting, sports, and Islamic art, and habituation of morals. Problem base learning models in MTsN Bangunharja applied using the following steps: find the problem, define the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Models, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
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Craig, Tracy S. – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2016
Mathematical problem-solving is notoriously difficult to teach in a standard university mathematics classroom. The project on which this article reports aimed to investigate the effect of the writing of explanatory strategies in the context of mathematical problem solving on problem-solving behaviour. This article serves to describe the…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Mathematical Logic, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries
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Franzén, Karin – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
The purpose is to discuss two competing theories of learning in preschool based on preschool teachers' views of knowledge and learning. The focus is mathematical learning but the discussion is applicable to all early childhood learning contexts. Preschool teachers' views on children's learning and development is important for the pedagogy they use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Learning Theories
Lawson, Lynne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Many American preschool children enter kindergarten without the emergent literacy skills needed to learn to read. To address this problem, this multicase qualitative study investigated the emergent literacy practices at Steiner Waldorf-inspired and Reggio Emilia-inspired schools. The research questions focused on how alternative preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Reggio Emilia Approach, Teaching Methods, Emergent Literacy
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Lei, Jiang; Lin, Yuewu – English Language Teaching, 2018
Mediation theory facilitates teachers and students to tackle the barriers in English teaching and learning process. It offers a sound systematic theoretical fort on which teachers could rely, redefines teachers' roles and functionings in the process of learners' cognitive development and growing self-regulations. The famous psychologist Lev…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Goggin, Thomas; Rankin, Stephen; Geerlings, Peter; Taggart, Andrew – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
University enabling programs, worldwide, generally target high school students who excel at school, or post-secondary students who have underperformed in their university entry examinations. Murdoch University provides an access program for Year/Grade 12 students who are not on a university pathway during their final year of high school. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, High School Students, Intervention
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Krajewska, Anna; Kowalczuk-Waledziak, Marta – Higher Education Studies, 2014
In the face of mass education, the need to seek individualized methods of students' teaching-learning is increasing. That causes academic tutoring to become more and more popular in higher education all over the world. The article presents the theoretical background of tutoring, the results of research in that regard and the benefits of its…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences
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