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McCoy, Martha – Academic Therapy, 1979
The article explores the interaction of music and language: common characteristics, parallel development, and benefits from concurrent study. The author contends that music study enhances intellectual development, creativity, and verbal communication. (PHR)
Descriptors: Creativity, Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development
Cardenas, Jose A. – Intercultural Development Research Association Newsletter, 1984
In the context of increasing criticism of bilingual education and the use of native language instruction, it must be remembered that they are based on a sound rationale. First, they address the need for continued learning as the child moves from one language to the other. Second, they address the need to diminish the alienation which children feel…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development
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Lamberts, Frances; Weener, Paul D. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
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Webb, Patricia Kimberley – Theory into Practice, 1980
The educational implications of Piaget's concept of intelligence provide a framework for the application of theory to educational practice. The uniqueness of individual learning is compared to stage-based teaching. Social interaction is viewed as one of the major forces in cognitive development. (JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1978
A total of 224 subjects participated in a study to determine how children and adults comprehend logical connectives. Specifically, the study examined the effects of age, content, and practice on the encoding and combination of logical relationships expressed by six types of logical connectives: conjunction, disjunction, conditionality,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Desjarlais, Lionel; Lazar, Avrim – 1976
This is the final report of the project entitled "A Study to Determine the Degree of Relationship between Linguistic Concepts and Structures in French as a Mother Tongue and Stages of Psychological Readiness of Students at the Junior and Intermediate Levels." The project's primary aim was to determine the psychological readiness, with…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Child Psychology, Cognitive Development