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Download full textHansen, Janice; Richland, Lindsey Engle – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Reasoning about visual representations in science requires the ability to control one's attention, inhibit attention to irrelevant or incorrect information, and hold information in mind while manipulating it actively--all aspects of the limited-capacity cognitive system described as humans' executive functions. This article describes pedagogical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Attention Control, Executive Function
Direct linkHansen, Janice; Richland, Lindsey – Grantee Submission, 2020
Reasoning about visual representations in science requires the ability to control one's attention, inhibit attention to irrelevant or incorrect information, and hold information in mind while manipulating it actively--all aspects of the limited capacity cognitive system described as humans' Executive Functions (EFs) (see Diamond, 2002). This…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Attention Control, Executive Function
Garcia, Emma – Economic Policy Institute, 2014
Multiple traits compose a broad definition of what it means to be an educated person. Indisputably, being an educated person is associated with having a certain command of a curriculum, and knowledge of theories and facts from various disciplines. This paper contends that noncognitive skills should be an explicit pillar of education policy. It…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Skill Development, Guidelines, Policy Formation
