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Wulfemeyer, Julie Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This work is an attempt to give a unified theory in response to two questions. The first question arises in the philosophy of mind: what is the mechanism by which we think of objects in the world? The second is a question in the philosophy of language: what is the mechanism by which we speak of them? These are questions that some have treated…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Paleontology, Models, Cognitive Development
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Jones, Hanneke – Curriculum Journal, 2008
This article aims to outline the reported experiences of practitioners in a local authority in England where, since the mid-1990s, a high proportion of teachers have undertaken professional development in the field of teaching thinking skills. The article is based on the main findings from a questionnaire survey which was carried out among first,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development, Thinking Skills
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Hesketh, E. A.; Allan, M. S.; Harden, R. M.; MacPherson, S. G. – Medical Teacher, 2003
Explores new doctors' perceptions of their educational development during the first year of postgraduate training. Uses semi-structured open interviews with pre-registration house officers and investigates their views on the importance of their experience to the General Medical Council's competencies. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Medical Education
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Demorest, Steven M. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1992
Describes outcomes of research into the ability to process and evaluate information about musical rhythm and pitch. Reports that the Pitch Rhythm Integration Measure (PRIM) is reliable and statistically the same across age groups. Concludes that there is a significant age-related increase in the importance of rhythm for novices' perceptual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Music
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Arnheim, Rudolf – Journal of Biocommunication, 1991
Described are how pictures can combine aspects of naturalistic representation with more formal shapes to enhance cognitive understanding. These "diagrammatic" shapes derive from geometrical elementary and thereby bestow visual concreteness to concepts conveyed by the pictures. Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings are used as examples…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Higher Education, Illustrations, Medical Education
Hadley, Thomas; Graham, Jack W. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1987
Explored the relationship between cognitive development and perceptions of environmental press using the Allen (l983) Paragraph Completion Instrument and a version of the Classroom Environment Scale by Moos and Trickett (l974). Persons functioning at varying levels of cognitive development (dualism, multiplicity, late multiplicity, and relativism)…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, College Students, Higher Education
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Phelan, Anne M. – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2001
Explores the notion of practical wisdom as an alternative to current formulations of critical thinking. Concludes that practical wisdom, unlike critical thinking, allows one to address uncertainty and ambiguity, and recognize that thinking is much more than an intellectual cognitive act of an individual. (KS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking
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Smith, Linda B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1981
The hypothesis that overall-similarity relations structure both adults' and children's classifications of heterogeneous objects (objects that differ in a variety of ways) was supported in two experiments. When objects varied simultaneously on many dimensions, adults and children constructed classifications that maximized within-category similarity…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Dimensional Preference
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Butzow, John W.; Schlenker, Richard M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1980
Described is a study which relates Piaget's theory of cognitive development to Lowenfeld's types of perceptual aptitude (i.e., visual v haptic orientation). General interpretations of questionnaire results from university students (N=312) are made that postulate a relationship linking incidence of perceptual and logical ability. (CS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Educational Research
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Miller, Craig L.; Bertoline, Gary R. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 1991
An overview that gives an introduction to the theories, terms, concepts, and prior research conducted on visualization is presented. This information is to be used as a basis for developing spatial research studies that lend support to the theory that the engineering and technical design graphics curriculum is important in the development of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Engineering Education
Novemsky, Lisa; Gautreau, Ronald – 1997
Physics learning involves a change in the habitual perception of the everyday world. In order to describe the real world scientifically, an individual must develop perception and cognition capable of reconstructing the world from raw sensory data and incorporating acquired knowledge of the scientific community. The introductory physics student…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation
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Leff, Herbert L.; Gordon, Lawrence R. – Environment and Behavior, 1979
Reports the results of a longitudinal study investigating environmental cognitive sets (ways of thinking or perceiving about one's surroundings). The cognitive sets were designed to promote awareness of environmental problems and possibilities and to induce aesthetic experience, environmental understanding, and a playful and creative orientation…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development, Educational Research
Mc Whinnie, Harold J. – 1989
This paper discusses and review the ideas of Hoyt L. Sherman who taught art and visual perception at the Ohio State University. It explores some of the psychological sources for his work and ideas about the teaching of drawing by seeing which relates to the work and ideas of Adelbert Ames, Jr. The article traces the influences of both Ames and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Development, Color
Hauge, Sharon K.; Phua, Mee See – 1990
This study compared the performances of college mathematics students on mathematics problems stated in three different contexts: in arithmetical form, in the form of algebraic expressions to be simplified, and in the form of practical situations stated in words. Both single-step and multi-step problems were used. For all three contexts, there were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Higher Education
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Wilson, Jill – English Education, 1985
Examines some of the research and theories on the role of metacognition in cognitive development, argues that students in English education classes can become better informed about their own learning strategies by engaging in self monitoring, and suggests several ways to introduce metacognitive activities in an English methods class. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, English Teacher Education, Higher Education
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