Descriptor
Source
Phi Delta Kappan | 5 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 5 |
Opinion Papers | 3 |
Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Carnine, Douglas – Phi Delta Kappan, 1990
The doctrine of localized brain functions has strongly influenced many educators. Gerald Edelman's recent research challenges this doctrine by advancing categorization and recategorization as the brain's overriding activities. Instruction that focuses overmuch on similarities is misguided and confusing. Instead, classroom instruction should employ…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
Gibson, Fred – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
After informally studying his first grade class, a teacher tentatively concluded that some students are phonetic learners and some are not. A faster method of identifying phonetic and nonphonetic learners is needed. No study that fails to consider differences in learning styles can possibly yield valid results except by chance. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Phonics
Snow, Richard E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Education at its best is an "aptitude development program" that promotes development of learning abilities and effective personal styles needed for future learning in school and throughout life. Much of this development involves adapting and expanding the symbol systems used in teaching and learning to convey essential meanings. Adaptive…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohanian, Susan – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Like sugaring, teaching requires immense patience. Superintendents can force textbooks on teachers but cannot make them use them. Not every high schooler needs an elitist, college-bound education, but no one needs to be bribed or threatened into learning or reading. Alternative texts and approaches can be used to help students discover a…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Eisner, Elliot W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Elliot Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and Art, Stanford University, imparts his thoughts about the salient features of schools he believes America needs, for example, having principals spend about one-third of their time in the classroom. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Involvement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education