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Download full textHernandez, Alberto; Melnick, Susan L.
This learning module is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the relevance of psychology for second-language teaching and its practical classroom applications and to enable him to: (a) define concisely cognitive and behaviorist theories, (b) identify the effects of the cognitive and behaviorist theories in a series of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Competency Based Teacher Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedFetherstonhaugh, T.; Treagust, D. F. – Science Education, 1992
This research assessed Australian high school students' understanding of light, developed materials to conceptual change with respect to the concept, and evaluated the effectiveness of teaching strategies utilizing the materials. After instruction, students were able to construct significantly more scientifically acceptable answers. An appendix…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The inservice and preservice learning module described here focuses on processing procedures used by students, the objective being to help teachers to stimulate cognitive processes. Perceptual and mediational processing and associative learning are specifically covered in the module, and methods for stimulating cognitive processes are presented.…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Coleman, Joyce H. – 1978
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module, the seventh in a series of 16, provides an introduction to cognitive development in young children for bilingual/bicultural preschool teacher trainees. Perceptual skills (visual, figure-ground, part-whole, spatial, auditory and tactile discrimination) and cognitive processes and concepts…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Teachers, Check Lists, Child Caregivers
Corwin, Rebecca B.; And Others – 1991
"Seeing Fractions" is an instructional unit for teachers in California that was trial tested in about 30 classrooms, grades 4 through 6 with diverse student populations, and designed to help students become aware of the variety of ways in which fractions are commonly used. The Introduction includes an overview of fractions and what…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Elementary School Mathematics
Levine, Suzanne Sosna – 1997
The Child Development Program at John Adams School in North Brunswick, New Jersey, was designed to be an immediate intervention for children with learning problems in the early elementary grades. This two-volume guide describes the work done in the program and how the program can be replicated. The first book details characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
