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Vidal, Fernando – Human Development, 1997
Instead of limiting himself to postulating two discontinuous types of thought, autistic and logical, Piaget studied transitional forms, thereby placing autistic and logical thought on a developmental continuum. Nevertheless, the discovery of transitional forms did not lessen the opposition between the two extremes of autistic and logical thought.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Developmental Stages, Intellectual Development, Logical Thinking
McDonough, Graham – Religious Education, 2008
Catholic schoolteachers face the pedagogical dilemma between remaining faithful to the doctrinal requirements of Catholic Church teaching while also respecting their professional responsibility to promote autonomous, critical thinking and consider the pastoral needs of their students. Although in practice many Catholic educators achieve a…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholic Educators, Religious Education, Teacher Responsibility
Murray, Charles – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2007
In January, W. H. Brady Scholar Charles Murray stepped back from current education debates about reauthorization of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act and education funding in the president's budget to ask more fundamental questions about the goals that should shape American education in the future. This "On the Issues" is adapted from…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intellectual Development
Lawson, Anton E.; Banks, Debra L.; Logvin, Marshall – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study compared the relationships of self-efficacy and reasoning ability to achievement in introductory college biology. Based on the hypothesis that developing formal and postformal reasoning ability is a primary factor influencing self-efficacy, a significant positive correlation was predicted between reasoning ability and degree of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Intellectual Development, Correlation, Biology
Hodges, Linda C.; Stanton, Katherine – Innovative Higher Education, 2007
Written comments on student evaluations often seem idiosyncratic, lacking the power of numerical statistical data. These statements, however, may sometimes reveal intellectual challenges common to novice learners in our disciplines. Instructors can use these insights as part of a scholarly approach to teaching, making meaningful adjustments to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Statistical Data, Student Evaluation, Intellectual Development
Ahmavaara, Anni; Houston, Diane M. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: Dweck has emphasized the role of pupils' implicit theories about intellectual ability in explaining variations in their engagement, persistence and achievement. She has also highlighted the role of confidence in one's intelligence as a factor influencing educational attainment. Aim: The aim of this paper is to develop a model of…
Descriptors: Students, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, Intelligence

Gross, Ronald – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
Throughout the country, organizations of intellectuals (most of them called Independent Scholars' Roundtables) meet to discuss issues of importance to them. The participants share knowledge, problem-solving methods, and experiences. The groups may be organized around a particular discipline or they may be interdisciplinary. They are typically open…
Descriptors: Adults, Faculty, Intellectual Development, Program Descriptions

Brewer, William F.; Stone, J. Brandon – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
A total of 28 children were tested for comprehension of spatial antonym pairs with arrays which contained four objects representing both members of two antonym pairs. The results supported a modified semantic-feature hypothesis, in which polarity is acquired before dimension. (Author/LLK)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Hypothesis Testing, Intellectual Development, Preschool Children
Thompson, Ralph – J High Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inquiry, Intellectual Development, Learning

Potter, Rachel – Reading Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Literature Appreciation, Poetry

Glass, Arnold L.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Children in grades 1, 3, and 5 were asked to decide whether selected contradictory sentences were true or false. The age at which children were first able to evaluate the false sentences correctly corresponded to the relative speed with which adults evaluated the sentences in a timed vertification task. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development

Brabeck, Mary M.; Welfel, Elizabeth Reynolds – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1985
Examines eclecticism in counseling from a developmental perspective. Suggests that an individual's view of eclecticism may be influenced by his/her level of intellectual development. Discusses two types of eclecticism: one recognizes alternatives and the other seeks to limit them. Includes comments and further suggestions by other authors and a…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Developmental Psychology, Intellectual Development

Sternberg, Robert J. – Science, 1985
Examines the relationship of intelligence to the internal and external world of the individual and to the experience of the individual. Also examines competing models and metaphors that have motivated questions about these relationships. Indicates that a theory that addressed all three areas simultaneously is the triarchic theory. (JN)
Descriptors: Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Models, Piagetian Theory

Oates, Kim; Peacock, Anthony – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1984
Thirty-eight children hospitalized because of physical abuse were compared with a control group. Abuse Ss had significantly lower mean scores than the comparison children on the verbal, performance and full scale scores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cognitive Development, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Quotient

Lewis, M. – Human Development, 1973
Descriptors: Infants, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Intervention