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Fleener, M. Jayne; And Others – 1993
Higher order cognitive development and success in the study of high school mathematics and science require an understanding of rational number concepts and facility with proportional reasoning and computation. Proportional reasoning is an essential schema for developing formal operational thought. This study involving 16 ninth-grade students was…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Formal Operations
Sandhu, Daya Singh – 1994
This paper emphasizes the significance of cultural diversity in American schools and its implications for the teaching and learning processes. Also highlighted is the importance of the realization that diversity is what makes the United States unique. The paper discusses the cultural dynamics of clashes and conflicts as well as of cooperation and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1990
The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) is undertaking a comprehensive assessment of literacy in the United States. The assessment will examine how technology offers new resources and creates opportunities to reach learners and improve productivity of learning. OTA will identify ways to increase learning access in existing programs and overcome…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Programs, Economic Development
Midwest Writing Centers Association, Minneapolis, MN. – 1989
This packet contains selected papers from a conference on writing centers: "Inner-City Writing Centers in St. Louis Public Schools" (Carmen Charleston); "Non-traditional Students in the Writing Lab" (Marilyn Cozad); "Cooperation between the Writing Center and Student Support Services" (Coralyn Dahl and Rita Worrall);…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Dialog Journals, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Skruber, Richard – 1982
Self-directed learning is more appropriate than teacher-directed learning for adult students in colleges and universities. In a self-directed learning environment, students collaborate with the teacher in determining the skills to be learned in the course and form teams needed to carry out work to learn the skills. One learner-oriented model is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives
Kamada, Laurel Diane – 1987
Motivation towards English learning in Japanese schools today is analyzed according to John Condry and James Chambers' process-of-learning paradigm. The four stages of learning (initial engagement, process, disengagement, and re-engagement) are shown to emit different processes of learning in students based on whether learning is intrinsically or…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Raizen, Senta A. – 1989
Over the past decade, research by cognitive scientists has been building a clearer understanding of how people learn in school and out. A review of the various streams of cognitive research has implications for vocational education. Research has determined characteristics of effective workers and how people become effective workers. Some…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Education Work Relationship
Ellis, Gwendolyn E. – 1990
This study examined the learning/behavioral patterns of children exposed to drugs and those not exposed during a math lesson. Data were collected concerning four male second graders (three white students and one black student) and their teachers. All of the students were classified as having severe behavioral handicaps. Two of the students had…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Behavior Disorders, Black Students, Classroom Observation Techniques
Cohen, Paul; Hills, Tynette – 1985
Intended to help junior high school teachers make the best possible decisions about how to meet the needs of students with reading difficulties, this guide describes instructional strategies and explains how they may be used with students of varying abilities. The introductory section of the guide sets forth its purposes and organization, while…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation Criteria, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes
Osborne, Roger; Freyberg, Peter – 1985
Designed primarily for practicing teachers and for use in pre- and in-service courses in science education, this book focuses on how 10- to 15-year-old children learn science. Findings are analyzed and suggestions are offered for improving the teaching/learning process. Issues are discussed and organized into five major sections. These include:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Forbus, Kenneth D.; Gentner, Dedre – 1986
People use and extend their knowledge of the physical world constantly. Understanding how this fluency is achieved would be an important milestone in understanding human learning and intelligence, as well as a useful guide for constructing machines that learn. This paper presents a theoretical framework that is being developed in an attempt to…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science
Langer, Judith A. – 1986
Though most definitions of literacy focus solely on the uses of reading and writing, a sociocognitive perspective that incorporates social practices, conceptions of reading and writing, and literacy as a way of thinking is more productive. Within this view, literacy is culturally based, involves the higher intellectual skills, and is learned by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Educational History
Parker, Robert P.; Goodkin, Vera – 1987
Intended for teachers of grades 7-16, this book discusses "heuristic" writing--writing that produces new, irreversible knowledge for the writer leading to a fuller understanding of the self and of the act of writing--as well as principles and practices having direct implications for a wide range of students. Chapter 1 examines the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Tovey, Duane R., Ed.; Kerber, James E., Ed. – 1986
Refining and better understanding the roles parents, teachers, administrators, and researchers play in helping children learn to process written language is the focus of this book. Part 1 considers the role of the parents and includes the following articles: "Learning to Read: It Starts in the Home" (David B. Doake): "Let's Read…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences, Learning Processes
Vermunt, Jan D. H. M. – 1987
Data from 211 adult students (ages 20 to 75) at the Open University, The Netherlands, were used to construct and test an instrument to measure learning styles and regulation processes. Test development was guided by a three-tiered model of self-regulation encompassing: (1) cognitive learning processes (deep, surface, elaborative); (2) regulation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Style, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
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