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Download full textMeinhard, Richard, Ed. – 1992
The Oregon vision for transforming science education is called concept/process-based science. It is not a program but a conceptual framework which presents goals for the direction of science program development. It focuses science programs on helping students develop basic scientific understandings through the use of the key processes of human…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Marzano, Robert J.; And Others – 1988
Organizing and clarifying research and theory from diverse sources, including philosophy and cognitive psychology, this book provides a framework intended to help educational practitioners (principals, supervisors, curriculum directors, and teachers) plan programs for incorporating the teaching of thinking throughout the regular curriculum.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: use of word information cues by beginning readers; the relationship between problem solving and oral reading strategies; the ease with which children learn…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo
LASHLEY, K.S. – 1963
SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS WITH RATS INVOLVING THE INFLUENCE OF CEREBRAL DESTRUCTION ON LEARNING ABILITY ARE DESCRIBED. THE TWO MAJOR EXPERIMENTS STUDY THE RETENTION OF THE MAZE HABIT AFTER CEREBRAL LESIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF CEREBRAL LESIONS ON THE CAPACITY TO LEARN (INITIAL FORMATION OF HABITS). THEORECTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEARNING (BEHAVIOR)…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Cerebral Dominance
SUPPES, PATRICK; AND OTHERS – 1966
A LEARNING MODEL TO IDENTIFY FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF A PROBLEM ITEM WAS SUPPORTED EMPIRICALLY, AND INDICATED THAT THE NUMBER OF STEPS REQUIRED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE IN PREDICTING BOTH ERROR PROBABILITY AND RESPONSE LATENCY. THE MODEL, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH DIFFERENTIAL PREDICTIONS OF DIFFICULTY IN…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation
Cole, Henry P. – 1972
Because the meanings of "process" and "education" are extremely connotative and ambiguous, this book was designed to develop an explicit set of goals, definitions, assumptions, justifications, and a rationale for the practice of process education. It is concerned with the practical, logical, and philosophical foundations of process education…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Diffusion
Schools Council, London (England). – 1969
Mathematics in the primary schools is discussed. This bulletin puts forth some suggestions to assist individual teachers in reaching their own decisions about changes and developments in the curriculum. The bulletin is divided into nine chapters. Two factors described in Chapter 1 and 2 support views expressed in the introduction. First, the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Arithmetic, Bulletins, Children
Blackwood, Paul E. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
This bulletin is one of a series on the place of subjects in the elementary school curriculum. The first of the series showed how subject matter is introduced into the program in a modern school. The other bulletins in the series discuss how various skills, such as reading, creating in art, and writing are developed in the modern school program.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Students, Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills
Peer reviewedSchwarz, Baruch; Dreyfus, Tommy – Interactive Learning Environments, 1993
Describes a study which measured how ninth-grade students integrated information about mathematical concepts when working with Triple Representation Model software. Tables, graphs, and algebraic functions were linked, allowing students to manipulate several representations of the same concept. Examples of mathematical problems and student case…
Descriptors: Algebra, Authoring Aids (Programming), Case Studies, Cognitive Processes
Glaser, Robert, Ed. – 1965
This collection of 17 papers relating behavioral science theory to the process of experimental education grew out of a 1963 National Education Association symposium on research in programed instruction. Perspectives and the technology of programing are described in this updated and supplemental successor to the source book, "Teaching Machines…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conferences, Discovery Learning
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2003
This guide presents reading-focused learning projects and accompanying inquiry activities to help students pass the language arts/reading portion of the General Education Development (GED) Test 2002. Section 1 relates GED as project to the reading portion of the GED and explains how inquiry activities used Official GED Reading Practice Test…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Best, Linda – 1997
In Spring 1996, the author sought and received funding for a multimedia interactive laboratory classroom that would serve English as a Second Language (ESL) students at Kean College (New Jersey) from their beginning level course work through their advanced studies in composition and research. Reasons for seeking funding were many, the most…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Design, Computer Assisted Instruction
Norton, Priscilla; Sprague, Debra – 1999
This exploratory study examined a field-based project in which preservice teacher candidates and faculty collaborated to implement a problem-centered, technology integrated curriculum for a multiage (4th, 5th, and 6th grade) intersession at Timber Lane Elementary School. Content included detective skills such as fingerprinting and handwriting…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning, Field Instruction
Peer reviewedMoore, Gordon T.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
A study (n=121 students) evaluated the effect of a radically redesigned Harvard University (Massachusetts) medical school preclinical curriculum. Results indicated that students in the new curriculum learned differently; acquired distinctive knowledge, skills, and attitudes; and underwent a more satisfying and challenging preclinical experience…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
Tharp, Marcia L.; Uprichard, A. Edward – 1992
Recent calls for mathematics instruction reform recommend that a problem-solving inquiry-oriented (PSIO) classroom environment be established. Students, however, may view mathematics as a static, ruled-based discipline that runs counter to the PSIO approach. A study examined the student/teacher interactions as seen from the viewpoint of five…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Cognitive Development
