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Hassan, M. H. – 1978
In its relatively short history, instructional development has been greatly influenced by operant conditioning theory and methodology. This approach has been described by some as simplistic, inhuman, and inflexible. The humanistic approach, on the other hand, focuses on affective, emotional, and intellectual learning experiences. But it seems to…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1979
The article reviews the cognitive behavioral approaches to the training of intelligence in the mentally retarded. A proposed structure of intelligent behavior is presented that serves as the basis for classifying the intended foci of the various training programs. Selected training programs are reviewed in terms of this classification. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Development, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textLawson, Anton E., Ed. – 1979
The theme of the seventh yearbook of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS) involves the relationship of psychology of teaching thinking and creativity as this activity is performed in a science education context. Eleven chapters follow a foreword by Jean Piaget and the reproduction of Part I of "The Central Purpose of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Creativity, Critical Thinking
FLICKINGER, GENEVA E.; AND OTHERS – 1962
THE DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES A POLICY STATEMENT FOR USE IN MARYLAND SCHOOLS. HIGH ABILITY IS REGARDED AS INCLUSIVE AND IS MANIFESTED BY HIGH INTELLIGENCE, AND/OR CREATIVITY, LEADERSHIP, AND SKILLED PERFORMANCE IN MOTOR AREAS. TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS ARE ASSIGNED A KEY ROLE IN IDENTIFYING THE HIGHLY ABLE. STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE MOST…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Administrative Policy, Gifted
DOBBIN, JOHN E. – 1966
ON THE BASIS OF SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS STEMMING FROM THE PRIMARY ONE THAT "INTELLECT IS DEVELOPED RATHER THAN INHERITED," OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES WERE DEVELOPED TO OBTAIN A MORE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF STUDENTS' CHARACTERISTICS AS LEARNERS, PARTICULARLY SINCE INTELLECT "OPERATES IN A CONTEXT OF EMOTION THAT (INTELLIGENCE)…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Problems, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Tests
Yawkey, Thomas Daniels – 1977
This paper examines aspects of role playing in young children focusing specifically on the importance of role playing, the components of role playing and how to use role playing. The importance of role playing is discussed and several reasons for believing that role playing is related to intellectual and social development and to learning language…
Descriptors: Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
SMITH, EDWIN H.; AND OTHERS – 1965
COMPETENT LITERACY EDUCATION INVOLVES THE CONTINUOUS DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECTION OF DEFICIENCIES. THROUGH FORMAL AND INFORMAL DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND OBSERVATION, TEACHERS LOCATE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND DEFECTS AND THEN APPLY SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND CORRECT OR WORK AROUND THOSE DEFECTS. TO HELP TEACHERS LOCATE TECHNIQUES APPROPRIATE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Reading Diagnosis
Cross, K. Patricia – 1968
Although college catalogs contain expressions of devotion to the cause of developing in students a capacity for and commitment to critical thought, there are philosophical, scientific and practical problems surrounding this aim. To measure student values and differences in intellectual dispositions, the Center designed a research instrument, the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitudes, Educational Research, Growth Patterns
Stern, Carolyn – 1968
This comprehensive bibliography on problem solving and concept formation includes books, papers, journal articles, reviews of literature, projects, unpublished manuscripts, reports, research bulletins, dissertations, and related bibliographies dating from 1924-1967. Special annotations are made of materials on problem solving with young children.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Vandenberg, Steven G.; Johnson, Ronald C. – 1966
Ronald C. Johnson argued that if early environmental stimulation or deprivation has a significant effect on intellectual ability, then individuals who are genetically identical and who are exposed to a common early environment should resemble one another more closely in IQ than similar individuals who have not shared a common environment. Johnson…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Experience, Environmental Influences, Family Influence
Senn, Milton J. E. – 1968
Education of the child, including preschool education, has been and still is a topic of great concern to many people. Translation of this concern into constructive programs for early childhood education is a profound problem, one that is debated often and emotionally. There is a dichotomy between those who favor educational practices based on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attitudes
Collis, Kevin F. – 1977
In earlier research the writer was constrained by the variables which were continuously appearing in both experimental class teaching experiences and various psychological experiments to distinguish four levels of cognitive sophistication in so far as mathematical material was concerned between the ages of 7 years and 17 years. In current research…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Yussen, Steven R.; And Others – 1978
The study examined whether an awareness that semantic organization is beneficial to picture recall ("semantic enhancement") precedes an awareness that certain types of organization are more beneficial than others ("levels of processing"). A series of pilot studies was conducted with kindergarten and adult subjects and a formal…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Processes
Kaplan, Eleanor L. – 1970
It is the contention here that the "prelinguistic" period is an important phase of the language acquisition process. Accordingly the research reported represents an attempt to begin mapping out the types of linguistically relevant information to which a young child attends. Specifically it is hypothesized that young children are…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Child Language, Comprehension, Infants
Robinson, Donald W. – 1967
Among the many demands made on secondary schools, none is more important than that of civic education. It has been said that "the wholesome development of the secondary school student cannot be considered aside from the school's obligation to train for American democracy." The American school exists to support the individual and the American way…
Descriptors: Civics, Community Relations, Individual Development, Intellectual Development
