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Taba, Hilda – 1967
This account of a new approach to social studies curriculum takes the form of an introductory statement on the model curriculum which is being developed in the Contra Costa County Schools of California. Three levels of knowledge are distinguished: (1) concepts, (2) significant ideas, (3) specific facts, with the students progressing from 3 to 1.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Concept Teaching, Elementary School Curriculum

Cook, Ronald J.; Olsen, Larry K. – Journal of School Health, 1975
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Elementary Education
Lucking, Robert A. – 1975
The questioning techniques which teachers use when leading a class discussion of a reading assignment can be an essential component of profitable instruction. A brief review of the past 50 years of research on questioning levels indicates a need for attention to the cognitive level of queries as well as to their sequence since investigators have…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Measurement, Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education

Bowen, Dorothy N. – International Library Review, 1988
Describes a study that examined the cognitive styles of African students in order to propose appropriate strategies for bibliographic instruction in African colleges. The results of the cognitive tests given to students are presented, and recommendations for appropriate teaching strategies are outlined. (12 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Tarleton, Deena – 1992
This project examines the development of programs and strategies to help teachers include a variety of instructional behaviors that will, in turn, stimulate many kinds of student thinking. A voluntary group of teachers formed study teams to learn the Dimensions of Learning Model and implement strategies from the model in their classrooms. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Taba, Hilda; And Others – 1971
A new approach to the inductively oriented elementary social studies curriculum is offered in this revised edition which describes rationale, teaching strategies and procedures, and evaluation strategies for the latter. This edition contains modification of term explanations and meanings and two new chapters covering the role of questioning and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching