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Ross, John A. – Evaluation Review, 1985
This article proposes that the behavior of teachers conducting small-scale evaluations of their own programs is analogous to the behavior of students solving curriculum-specific problems in classrooms and that teaching methods for training students in problem-solving skills can be usefully adapted to training teachers in evaluation skills.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Committees, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Stoll, Sharon Kay; Beller, Jennifer M. – 1993
Moral education is becoming one of the most important topics in school systems today. Schools are fast learning that they must do something to try to teach students good values and even more to teach students how to reason about values. Research studies suggest that athletes are less morally reasoned and less sportsmanlike than their peer groups;…
Descriptors: Athletes, Behavior Change, Cognitive Structures, College Students
Liston, Delores D. – 1995
This paper reviews recent findings in the field of neuroscience that may have a direct impact on specific methodologies and practices in education. It focuses on five concepts from neuroscience: (1) the mind-brain processes symbolic information; (2) neurons are imbued with an epistemic hunger and the mind-brain with a cognitive imperative to learn…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures
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Morgan, Barbara A. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1993
Describes the use of practical rationality from the vantage point of a graduate student and an elementary teacher in an urban school. Discusses how using the approach led to revised policies regarding reading strategies and discipline. Contends that practical argument philosophy can be useful in practical classroom applications. (CFR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Discipline Policy
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Vasquez-Levy, Dorothy – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1993
Reports on a study of two secondary teachers who used the practical reasoning or practical argument approach to classroom management. Finds that practical argument techniques can benefit teachers by providing opportunities to question and revise their theories of learning and teaching. Recommends that teacher education programs employ the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers