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Wheeler, Patricia J. Rawson; Andrews, Sharon Vincz – 1992
This paper (1) examines correlations of pre- and post-course scores on the Theoretical Orientation to Reading Profile with scores on the Gregorc Style Delineator; (2) augments these correlations with qualitative data from journals and interviews; and (3) proposes that, given this data, the supervisory support structures needed for pre- and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests
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Shaw, Edward L., Jr. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Reports a study of 12 preservice elementary and 12 preservice secondary science teachers to determine the effects of methods instruction on their beliefs about the teaching/learning process. Results indicate that secondary teachers may have more complex belief structures than elementary teachers and that slight structural changes occurred for both…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Cognitive Structures
Peck, Donald M.; Connell, Michael L. – 1991
Elementary school teacher candidates typically enter their professional training with deficiencies in their conceptual understanding of the topics of elementary school mathematics and with a reliance upon procedural (algorithmic) approaches to the solutions of mathematical problems. If elementary school teacher candidates are expected to teach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Mathematics