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Shin, Jongho; Cho, Eunbyul – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2015
The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of convergence learning experience when learners study integrated learning contents from various academic subjects. Specifically, cognitive and emotional experiences and their changes over time were investigated. Eight undergraduate and graduate students participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Emotional Response, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Downing, John – Literacy Discussion, 1972
Study deals with the differing educational environments that affect the cognitive processes of the literacy learner. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Learning Experience, Linguistic Competence
Fantini, Mario D.; Weinstein, Gerald – 1967
The current crisis in educating disadvantaged learners has forced a re-examination of the entire field of education and the ways in which the social behavior of the student and the content of his learning are dissonant. The traditional stress on the cognitive functions of education has resulted in a curriculum which is irrelevant for many…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Practices
Brazelton, T. Berry; Greenspan, Stanley I. – Early Childhood Today, 2007
This article focuses on the need of meaningful experiences to children's individual differences. The degree to which one can tailor experiences to each child's unique qualities increases the likelihood that the child will grow up physically, intellectually, and emotionally healthy and thus able to meet the expectations of family and society. This…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Psychologists, Individual Characteristics, Family School Relationship
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Birdsall, Stephen S. – Journal of Geography, 2004
One special difficulty in teaching world geography is overcoming the scale differential between individual students' direct experiences and the immense size and complexity of the world. An innovative framework of operational principles, or maxims, has been suggested, and an application of the framework is described. Students search out examples in…
Descriptors: World Geography, Global Education, Measures (Individuals), Student Reaction
Schaefer, Jane L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Several national trends are converging to impact adult education today. First, the increasing presence of adults in higher education is accentuated by the expansive Baby Boom generation who are demanding greater access to the higher education system in the United States. Second, regarding workforce and economic development in the 21st century,…
Descriptors: Careers, Adult Development, Credentials, Economic Development
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Toumasis, Charalampos – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990
Described is the use of peer teaching, to help students to learn the difference between surface and meaningful learning and to provide feedback to the teacher. The advantages of peer teaching to teachers and students are listed. (KR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Learning Experience, Learning Strategies