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Brethower, Dale – Journal of College and Adult Reading and Learning, 1990
Argues that the mission of the university is to create intelligence. Defines intelligence, discusses research on cognitive processes of learning, and discusses obstacles to using the demonstrate-label-coach-mastery strategy emphasizing the value of the clinical approach used to teach seven specific skills. Presents a classroom illustration of this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Intellectual Development

Blake, Anthony J. D. – Australian Journal of Education, 1978
Describes a study of level of intellectual development displayed by a population of Australian primary school education students at the time of entry to college. Results agree with United States research which indicate that a significant proportion of high school and college students is not at the level of formal operations, an idea contrary to…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Educational Research, Higher Education, Intellectual Development

Eysenck, H. J. – Change, 1973
The author maintains that IQ is largely heredity and rejects compensatory programs as failures, suggesting other interesting avenues to close present social gaps. (Editor)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Intellectual Development

Walsh, John – Science, 1981
Describes a Venezualan effort to develop intelligence, lead by Luis Alberto Machado, Minister of State for the Development of Intelligence. Explains intelligence-enhancing programs emphasizing good prenatal care and infant nutrition and fostering intellectual development in elementary and secondary school classes. (DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Richardson, John T. E. – Higher Education, 1994
Review of research on the academic performance and intellectual ability of adult college students provides evidence to reject two common stereotypes of adult students: (1) that they lack basic skills for effective studying, and (2) that they are impaired in studying by intellectual deficits associated with the normal process of aging. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Adult Students, Age Differences
Jacobson, Robert L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Robert J. Sternberg's research on cognitive style and model of "mental self-government" at all educational levels have led to a pilot elementary/secondary curriculum to help students develop common sense and practical judgment as well as intellect. The interinstitutional effort between Yale and Harvard universities includes Howard…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

Galbraith, Richard C. – Intelligence, 1983
Support for the confluence model of intellectual development has come from analyses of family size-birth order means of large aggregate data sets. Analyses of individual scores do not substantiate the confluence model, as explained variance is markedly reduced. The study of family interaction variables utilizing longitudinal data is recommended.…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Environmental Influences, Family Influence, Family Size

Nicholls, John N.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Explores age differences (6 to 22 years of age) in conceptions about the nature of the skills required by verbal and nonverbal (abstract) intelligence tests. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Bartlett, Steven J. – 1982
Perspectives regarding the "information-oriented" approach of conservative, traditional philosophy and an approach to philosophy known as "conceptual therapy" are offered. The former emphasizes scholarship, textual explication and criticism, and, in general, a knowledge of the views of traditional thinkers. Philosophy as conceptual therapy seeks…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1979
Two influential theories of intellectual development are reviewed and analyzed: the psychometric framework, based on the factorial composition of intelligence, and the Piagetian model, based on assimilation and accomodation through four stages of intellectual development. A third concept is the componential theory of intelligence, based on…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Kallick, Bena, Ed. – 2000
This is the third in a four-book series describing 16 types of intelligent behavior called habits of mind. It considers how to assess and report student progress in using the habits of mind, maintaining that a critical attribute of intelligence is not only having information but also knowing how to act on it. After the "Series Foreword:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Hughes, Owen L. – Intelligence, 1983
Two methodological issues involved in determining the relationship between learning and general intelligence were examined: (1) the use of learning strategies in a paired-associate task and (2) the importance of time (rather than errors) in the measurement of learning efficiency. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Sternberg, Robert J. – Educational Researcher, 1983
Among the requirements of an intellectual skills training program are: (1) a culturally relevant theoretical basis; (2) training in information processing skills; (3) program responsiveness to students' needs and sensitivity to individual differences; (4) establishment of linkages between the training program and the real world; and (5) empirical…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Cultural Influences, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education

Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Discusses whether formal thought constitutes a structured whole and role of propositional logic in advanced reasoning. Presents aspects of advanced reasoning model, considering hypothesis generation/testing as central processes in intellectual development. Argues that advanced reasoning schemata are linked by these processes and should be…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages

Snellman, Leila; Raty, Hannu – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1995
Utilizes questionnaires to examine Carugati and Mugny's assertion that social representations of intelligence are organized both by social identity and unfamiliarity. Discovers a consensus concerning representations of intelligence organized by social identity. Includes a copy of the questionnaire, breakdown of the responses, and other statistical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
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