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Danish, Joshua A.; Enyedy, Noel; Saleh, Asmalina; Humburg, Megan – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2020
This paper proposes the Learning in Embodied Activity Framework (LEAF) which aims to synthesize across individual and sociocultural theories of learning to provide a more robust account of how the body plays a role in collaborative learning, particularly when students are learning about a collective phenomenon where coordination between and across…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Human Body, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students
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Jeung, Han Hee; Kellogg, David – Language and Education, 2019
The work of L.S. Vygotsky was popularised in the West between two great waves of educational thought: constructivism and cognitivism. Reception was therefore colored by three metaphors introduced by Jerome Bruner: 'construction', 'scaffolding' and 'narrative'. Narratives were to be characterized by features we call SELF: Subjects, Expectancy and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Figurative Language, Korean, Language Acquisition
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Monahan, John; O'Leary, K. Daniel – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Grade 1
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Denison, Joseph W. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Grade 1, Learning Processes
Hibbard, Kenneth Michael – 1971
This study is based upon an interpretation of Ausubel's subsumption learning theory. The primary characteristic of this theory is that it views a learner's specific content knowledge as a crucial factor in learning. Two types of assessment instruments were used with first-grade students to determine concept attainment based on specific models…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
MOORE, J. WILLIAM; SMITH, WENDELL I. – 1965
TWO STUDIES ON LEARNING SET FORMATION IN CONTINUOUS, DISCOURSE-PROGRAMED MATERIAL WERE CONDUCTED. ONE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED WITH 315 COLLEGE STUDENTS, THE OTHER WITH 141 SIXTH-GRADE STUDENTS. THE MAJOR INDEPENDENT VARIABLE WAS THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMED UNITS ADMINISTERED. THE DEPENDENT VARIABLES WERE PRE- AND POST-ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES AND ERROR…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, College Students
Hill, Billie; Lehner, Linda – 1980
This report views the effect of parent support in active participation in building children's inquiry skills. It is noted that at times a good learning experience developed for a youngster by a school is destroyed by lack of interest and support in the home. Parent attitudes towards the process of inquiry are seen as critical to the subsequent…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Research, Grade 1, Inquiry
Lindvall, C. Mauritz; Ibarra, Cheryl Gibbons – 1979
This study investigated a theoretical structure which attempts to explain the problem-solving strategies used by first-grade students who are successful in solving simple arithmetic story problems. The structure used describes the problem-solving procedure as consisting of a three-stage model building process: (1) comprehending the story, (2)…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research
Lange, Garrett – 1978
A sorting-recall procedure was used to examine the relationship between study and recall organization in reflective and impulsive children at the first and fourth grade levels. Data regarding sorting latencies per trial and the number of trials required to achieve stable sorts were provided by two indirect measures of the deliberateness and ease…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Classification
ROHWER, WILLIAM D., JR.; AND OTHERS
THIS STUDY WAS INITIATED TO DETERMINE WHY CHILDREN OF LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, WHO DO INFERIOR WORK ON SCHOOL-RELATED LEARNING TASKS WHEN COMPARED TO UPPER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS CHILDREN, LEARN AS EFFICIENTLY AS UPPER LEVEL CHILDREN ON PAIRED-ASSOCIATE TASKS. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 120 LOWER STATUS CHILDREN AND 120 UPPER STATUS CHILDREN,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Grade 1, Grade 3
Ginther, Dean W.; Brazas, Adam T. – 1986
The contribution of decentration as an underlying component of discrimination learning and discrimination shift behavior was investigated in this study. In addition, the effect of verbal labeling and the relationship of academic achievement to discrimination learning and decentration was considered. The subjects were 120 first grade students who…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1
Brown, Ann L.; Palincsar, Annemarie S. – 1986
Drawing upon Piagetian and Vygotskian developmental theories, philosophical examinations of the nature of argument and explanation, analyses of classroom and Socratic dialogues, and cooperative classroom structures, this paper examines how cooperative learning can influence individual knowledge acquisition. The paper first reviews some of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Philosophy, Grade 1, Group Activities
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Lahdes, Erkki – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1983
Main traits of the mastery learning theory and its relations to other innovatory approaches are sketched. A Finnish school experiment, with the experimental group (160 first graders) following mastery learning principals, is presented and positive results discussed. Advantages of learning strategy and practical difficulties restricting its…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Technology, Educational Theories
Fallone, Nino – 1978
This manual in Italian provides a basic theory of reading and writing instruction for kindergarten and first grade teachers working in a bilingual setting. Reading and writing are seen as instruments of communication incorporating psychomotor, perceptual, conceptual, and logical skills. The manual covers the following areas: (1) the development of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Educational Theories