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Elkonin, D. B., Ed.; Davydov, V. V., Ed. – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book containing the results of many years of experimental research aimed at ascertaining the intellectual ability of students in the junior grades to assimilate theoretical knowledge. Chapter one analyzes the problem of the age peculiarities of children. The author…
Descriptors: Age, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Experiments
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1970
This illustrated booklet describes research procedures in the Infant Laboratory of the Educational Testing Service to investigate measurable factors in infant behavior which can predict intellectual potential. The research is currently focusing on attending, the manner in which infants respond to various stimuli presented to them during their…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo, Cultural Influences
Weinberg, Richard A., Ed.; Moore, Shirley G., Ed. – 1975
This is a collection of papers based on presentations made by participants in the Minnesota Round Table II sponsored by the University of Minnesota and the Child Development Associate Consortium in 1974. Included are an introduction to the conference (Richard A. Weinberg and Shirley G. Moore) and the following articles: (1) Planning Evaluation…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conference Reports, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Seaver, Judith W. – 1972
This paper examines evidence supporting the hypothesis that environment differentially affects intelligence in a sex-specific manner. The current position that environment and heredity contribute interactively to intelligence obscures the greater vulnerability and exposure of males to environmental influences and the reciprocal lack of equivalent…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Fathers
Dunn, Thomas G. – 1977
Performance data for 42 subjects pertaining to seven course objectives and ten propositional logic tasks were analyzed for hierarchical relationships using ordering theoretic technique. The resulting hierarchy indicated that simple implication and particular contraposition propositional logic tasks were prerequisite to some course objectives. This…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Competency Based Teacher Education
Webb, Roger A. – 1974
This is a report on the second year of an experimental study of a cognitive curriculum developed for the I.V.Y. (Involving the Very Young) Programs and a description of the evaluation of the day care staff training program of the Baltimore City Public Schools. The social factors which influence intellectual style, and the different systems of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Check Lists, Cognitive Style, Day Care

Michalak, Stanley J., Jr. – Liberal Education, 1986
The structure and results of a college faculty workshop in designing subject-area courses to promote critical thinking skills and intellectual development are reported. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Clouse, James P. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1985
Presents characteristics of a responsible agricultural teacher: mastery of technical subject matter, continual intellectual growth, awareness of professional responsibility, awareness of advances in teaching methodology, planning for effective teaching, skill in the instructional functions, concern for students, dependability as a team member,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Citizen Participation, Individual Characteristics, Intellectual Development

Berkenkotter, Carol; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1988
Reconstructs the process through which a student becomes familiar with new subject matters and unfamiliar rhetorical and linguistic conventions. Describes one writer's attempt to achieve "specialized disciplinary literacy." Suggests the writer must be able to integrate his/her knowledge of appropriate discourse conventions with a…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing
Connell, R. W. – Vestes, 1985
A discussion of the process and problems of supervising a doctoral candidate examines the nature of the task and relationship, the stages of research (defining the topic, design, gathering material, writing, defense, and dissemination), criticism and intellectual growth, and references and sponsorship. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries

Arons, Arnold B. – Physics Teacher, 1984
Examines thought processes closely linked with intellectual development and transcending boundaries of many disciplines. Among the topics discussed are: nonuniform change without calculus; discrimination between observation and inference; asking one's own questions; hypothetico-deductive reasoning; and types of knowledge. (JM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Science, Deduction, Epistemology

Wilson, Ronald S.; Matheny, Adam P., Jr. – Intelligence, 1983
Assessments of the home environments of 116 families whose twins were participants in a longitudinal study of early mental development were conducted. Predictions of offspring intelligence scores increased from ages six months to six years old. Although home/family variables were related to mental development, so were parental education and SES.…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Influence, Genetics
Noss, Richard – 2002
In this paper, I draw together a corpus of findings derived from two sources: studies of students using computers to learn mathematics, and research into the use of mathematics in professional practice. Using this as a basis, I map some elements of a theoretical framework for understanding the nature of mathematical knowledge in use, and how it is…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Saracho, Olivia Natividad – 1997
Cognitive style identifies the ways individuals react to different situations. Cognitive styles include stable attitudes, preferences, or habitual strategies that distinguish the individual styles of perceiving, remembering, thinking, and solving problems. Intended for researchers, psychologists, child development specialists, and early childhood…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style

Shayer, Michael; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1981
Describes a set of Science Reasoning Tasks which are valid and reliable for assessing the ability of children to use concrete and formal reasoning strategies and can be used by science teachers without professional training in Piagetian studies. Thirty pupils can be tested on each task in about 50 minutes. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Developmental Stages