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Sternberg, Robert J. – Science, 1985
Examines the relationship of intelligence to the internal and external world of the individual and to the experience of the individual. Also examines competing models and metaphors that have motivated questions about these relationships. Indicates that a theory that addressed all three areas simultaneously is the triarchic theory. (JN)
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Models, Piagetian Theory
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Silvern, Steven B. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1986
Video games may allow educators to reach children who have never before been incorporated into an educational experience within the confines of school. A distinction is made between types of arcade style games and educational games in Piagetian terms: practice games, symbolic games, games with rules, and games of construction. (LMO)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Games
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Daniels, Thomas G. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1994
Describes Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT) as model of helping based on Piagetian and constructivist concepts. Notes that client functioning is understood in terms of four levels of cognitive developmental functioning which parallel levels of cognitive development described by Piaget. Describes starting with client's predominant…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
McGinnis, Jane Berndt – 1986
This review examines research in moral and spiritual development during the adolescent years, with a primary focus on Piaget's and Kohlberg's theories. It begins by presenting definitions of morality and then discusses theories of moral development set forth by Piaget, Elkind, and Kohlberg. Theories of Piaget and Kohlberg are briefly compared.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
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Noam, Gil G. – Journal of Moral Education, 1988
Proposes a new theory of self, based on the principles defined by Lawrence Kohlberg in his theory of moral development. The model sets forth self complexity (schemata) and biography (themata) as dimensions of self. Describes normal and atypical development arising from interaction of these components and assesses implications for practice. (KO)
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Child Psychology, Children, Emotional Development
Brekke, Stewart E. – Spectrum, 1994
Factors that may affect success in high school or introductory college physics typically include cognitive structure such as formation of problem-solving schemata, visual-spatial abilities, induced cognitive structures of sex roles, and such external factors as teaching style and curriculum. All are important in passing a physics course as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Problems, High Schools, Higher Education