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Download full textvan de Wiel, Margaretha W. J.; And Others – 1994
In this study Dutch subjects with four different levels of expertise (24 second-year, 24 fourth-year, 24 sixth-year medical students, and 24 internists with at least 4 years of experience) studied, diagnosed, and explained four clinical cases. Diagnostic accuracy increased with the increasing level of expertise. The number of concepts used and the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures
Whichard, Judith A.; Cobb, R. Brian – 1993
Emerging theories suggest that learning is contingent on cognitive development, which is, in turn, influenced by conative and ecological factors. These three domains--cognitive, conative, and ecological--all make important contributions to understanding student achievement. Their collective influences should be understood when formulating an…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Carson, Joan G.; And Others – 1992
This study compared reading and writing demands at a city high school and an urban university across the following disciplines: biology, English, history, and political science. Analysis revealed five generalizations concerning high school disciplines: (1) in-class activities and student requirements for courses are tied to the course text which…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
Merrill, Douglas C.; Reiser, Brian J. – 1994
External representations have a great impact on what and how students learn. One key manner in which environments can operate upon novices' knowledge is through helping them ground their problem solving in an understanding of the situation embodied by the problem. In this paper, students' difficulties in microeconomics problem solving were…
Descriptors: Coding, Cognitive Structures, Diagrams, Difficulty Level
Hmelo, Cindy E.; And Others – 1994
In a study of the development of measures that can assess specific learning and reasoning changes affected by a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum in medical education, evidence is provided of the cognitive benefits of a PBL approach. To determine whether PBL students reach reasoning goals with a novel clinical case, the study evaluated…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Coherence
Yildirim, Ali – 1994
The inability of schools to promote students' thinking is currently the subject of a great deal of attention. Teachers' point of view with regard to teaching thinking has been missing in this attention. This study was undertaken to investigate teachers' attitudes toward teaching thinking. A questionnaire was distributed to 600 public elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines
Rubin, Dorothy – 1995
Designed to reflect the current times, this book intends to help teachers be more effective, more knowledgeable, more creative, more accountable, and more aware of the cultural mix of children in the classroom--in short, to be better teachers. Based on sound research and psychological principles, the text emphasizes the interrelatedness of the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills
Hanson, Cynthia, Ed. – 1990
Developed with the assistance of classroom teachers, the lesson plans presented in this guide are intended to provide secondary teachers with examples of ways that students can use thinking and technology skills to solve problems and address issues they will be facing in their own futures. Each lesson has been based on the Williams Model for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Databases, Educational Technology
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
The "Clipboard Connection" is a methodology to facilitate the rapid circulation of relevant pre-existing materials from Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Centers (TACs) to their clients, teachers of educationally disadvantaged children in resource centers. Each "Clipboard Connection" consists of a lead sheet summarizing the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1989
This report summarizes activities related to the development, field testing, evaluation, and marketing of the "Scientists at Work" program which combines computer assisted instruction with database tools to aid cognitively impaired middle and early high school children in learning and applying thinking skills to science. The brief report…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases
Short, Deborah J. – 1991
Three principal factors that apply equally to language and content teachers are the focus on an integrated approach to teaching limited English proficient (LEP) students in grades 6 through 12. They are: (1) the use of multiple media; (2) the enhancement of students' thinking skills; and (3) student-centered organization of instruction. Strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Means, Barbara, Ed.; Knapp, Michael S., Ed. – 1991
This document comprises six papers that discuss teaching advanced skills to educationally disadvantaged students. An introductory paper, "Models for Teaching Advanced Skills to Educationally Disadvantaged Children" (B. Means and M. S. Knapp), synthesizes the themes that characterize the collection of papers as a whole, and discusses general issues…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development
Amir, Ruth; Tamir, Pinchas – 1991
The use and analysis of student generated propositions linking two scientific concepts (photosynthesis and respiration) were examined before and after the study of photosynthesis. A proposition-generating task (PGT) was used as a diagnostic tool to indicate student misconceptions and partial understandings. Focus was on determining: how the nature…
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Edwards, Ronald R.; Cook, Wanda D. – 1990
This book was written to provide the teacher with a collection of problems that address the Standards set forth by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The primary goal of this book is to help develop these skills for middle school and junior high school students through the application of critical reading and critical thinking.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computation, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This eight-part book contains 69 articles which address topics related to helping students become effective thinkers. The articles are organized under these categories: (1) the need to teach students to think; (2) creating school conditions for thinking; (3) what is thinking? deciding on definitions; (4) a curriculum for thinking; (5) thinking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
