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National Academies Press, 2018
There are many reasons to be curious about the way people learn, and the past several decades have seen an explosion of research that has important implications for individual learning, schooling, workforce training, and policy. In 2000, "How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition" was published and its…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Environment, Brain, Cultural Influences
Bharucha, Jamshed – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
There is a sense of urgency in America today, reminiscent of the "space race" rhetoric of the cold-war era, that Americans must get their act together in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education because the Asians are coming. Many people believe that higher-education institutions in countries like China and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Mathematics Education, Technology Education, Engineering Education
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Torr, Jane – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Research has shown a relationship between mothers' beliefs about literacy, their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and their children's emergent literacy awareness. Many Australian Indigenous children experience educational disadvantage, as do children whose parents are manual workers. One recommendation that is frequently made is for…
Descriptors: Mothers, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
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Ciborowski, Tom; Cole, Michael – Child Development, 1972
Two concept-formation experiments were conducted with groups of American and Liberian Ss differing in age and educational background. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences