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Cole, K. C. – Saturday Review: Education, 1973
Everybody's going to school these days in old folks country''-Pinellas County, Florida. In ever increasing numbers senior citizens there are enrolling in continuous learning courses and renewing their interests in living. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Discovery Processes, Educational Development

Van Devender, Evelyn M. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Describes three activities that the teacher can employ to help students develop thinking skills through mathematics instruction: (1) memorization using the technique of chunking; (2) higher order thinking with magic squares; and (3) predicting games. Identifies eight facets of the teacher's role in promoting thinking skills. (MDH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes
Baratta-Lorton, Mary – 1975
This booklet contains 43 "workjobs," (experiences in manipulating common objects) adapted from classroom activities, that are appropriate and easy for parents to make and use with children in the home. These manipulative activities are designed to help children develop language and number skills and hand-eye coordination, and give children…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decision Making Skills, Discovery Processes, Early Childhood Education
Robison, Helen F. – 1974
This learning module helps the teacher to master teaching skills that stimulate children to explore materials and to order their explorations in ways that lead to classification and that generate the child's own structuring of his discoveries and experiences. Teaching behaviors focused upon are congruent with Piagetian concepts about a child's…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Recruitment Leadership and Training Inst., Philadelphia, PA. – 1975
This illustrated booklet, designed for parents of preschool children, suggests informal learning activities which have the potential to enhance the social, emotional, cognitive, motor, and language development of preschool children. Three categories of games and activities are presented: (1) language games, (2) mathematical concept games, and (3)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Activities, Discovery Processes, Educational Games