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Barell, John – Educational Leadership, 1985
Effective teaching practices identified through research stress the search for meaning and can therefore serve as a foundation for teaching thinking, despite grade-level and subject matter differences in content, teacher role, engagement time, and outcomes sought. Effective teaching is structured, interactive, and conducted in a positive learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Utilization

Shayer, Michael – Learning and Instruction, 1998
Commentary from the point of view of an applied psychologist considers the findings of five papers in this special issue on cognitive development, exploring how the contributions of each study or analysis could be used in real instruction. Some areas on which to focus applied research are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Strickland, Albert W., III – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1979
The use of cognitive entry behaviors and instructional techniques as a new avenue for researchers in science education is discussed. (JMF)
Descriptors: Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development

Callahan, Leroy G., Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Metacognition is described and suggestions for teachers about developing and improving metacognitive skills in performing mathematical tasks are given. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction

Sealey, Jean – 1985
The need to consider the interaction of characteristics that affect students' learning is stressed. Levels of cognitive development as proposed by Piaget are presented first, with how they relate to teaching mathematics discussed. Then two cognitive styles, relating to the way an individual most efficiently processes information, are considered:…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Educational Research
Kamii, Constance Kazuko; DeClark, Georgia – 1985
In the foreword to this book, Inhelder states that its essential contribution is that "it transposed to actual reality Piaget's central epistemological thesis according to which mathematical thought is, from its most elementary manifestations, the product of the subject's activity that he characterized by the term 'reflective…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Educational Games
Solorzano, Ronald W. – 1994
This document contains the final report of a study conducted to test the feasibility of developing and implementing instructional modules--for adults in Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language--based on information about text processing demands and task difficulty gleaned from past national adult literacy surveys. Another objective…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style
Jackson, Nancy Ewald; And Others – 1975
The aim of this report was to provide teachers of preschool and early elementary school children with a brief summary of current psychological research and theory concerned with the development of cognitive skills in young children. Psychological research often provides a basis for procedures teachers use in the classroom. Each chapter of the…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education
Kupari, Pekka, Ed. – 1987
This fourth yearbook on research on mathematics teaching in Finland contains five articles, four in English and the fifth in German. "Mathematics as a Cognitive Science" (C. Letteri) examines cognitive aspects related to teaching and learning mathematics, with the focus on the different levels of comprehension and an analysis of basic…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Planning
De Corte, Erik – 1980
The application of a scientific attitude to the field of education is reviewed, with particular regard to the varying perspective concerning the cognitive development and learning processes of children. Flaws in the "top-down" system of research and information dissemination, in which universities are viewed as "producers" and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1970
The report of the proceedings of the convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in 1970 includes papers on the following topics: a workshop report on the team approach in using educational media, means of decelerating disruptive classroom behavior, the promotion of motor development in young retardates, the use of pictorial symbols to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Camping, Cognitive Development, Educational Methods
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling. – 1980
The mission of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center is to improve the quality of education by addressing the full range of issues and problems related to individualized schooling. Each major line of inquiry pursued is designed to culminate in the publication of a "milestone" document such as a book, a monograph, or conference proceedings.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Cultural Background
Mochamer, Randi Ward – 1985
Intended to help educators, especially content area faculty, understand the factors influencing writing and to give specific teaching ideas across the secondary school spectrum, this paper reports a study of current research on writing methods and instructional models to develop a rationale for cross-curricular writing. Following brief discussions…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development
De Lisi, Richard – 1979
A review of Piaget's theory and research on children's cognitive development is presented, including a discussion of the psychological structures of intelligence, developmental constructivism, and the evolution of knowledge as a subject-object relation. Piaget's assessment techniques are summarized, including moral development, number…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Annotated Bibliographies, Children, Cognitive Development