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Williams, Robert H. – Educational Forum, 1982
An educational model to realize the goal of dynamic intellectualism is presented. The model consists of a framework of integrative and subject-specific objectives, and a series of learning activities in the twin domains of theory and practice with which to meet the objectives. (SK)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Experiential Learning, Intellectual Development, Learning Activities
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Bisanz, Jeffrey; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
A recognition memory experiment with 8-, 11- and 20-year-olds investigated the hypothesis that, with age, semantic encoding becomes increasingly important relative to acoustic encoding. (CM)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Comprehension
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Barzun, Jacques – American Scholar, 1993
British historian Max Beloff's "An Historian in the 20th Century: Chapters in Intellectual Autobiography" is discussed and his many interests examined, including his scholarly preoccupation with Great Britain, Russia, and the United States; his approach to the study of history; and his establishment of a university in Britain, funded…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Higher Education, Historiography, Intellectual Development
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Tremmel, Robert – Harvard Educational Review, 1993
Connects reflection-in-action to Zen teachings; argues that teacher education programs rely on narrow conceptions of reflection that ignore the need to prepare the mind. Suggests that teaching the art of paying attention is a way to nurture reflective practice. (SK)
Descriptors: Attention, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Intellectual Development
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DiLalla, Lisabeth F. – Journal of School Psychology, 2000
Explores the development of intelligence from different perspectives, each of which is relevant for researchers and practitioners interested in children's school performance. Provides information from basic research to better inform prevention and intervention efforts for improving children's school grades and behaviors. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior, Children, Intellectual Development
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Downey, Douglas B. – American Psychologist, 2001
Resource dilution model suggests that as the number of children increases, parental resources for each child decline. Assesses whether resource dilution could explain the effect of siblings on intellectual development tests. Identifies flaws in recent critiques of this position, discussing it as an explanation for why children with few siblings…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Size, Intellectual Development
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Hubball, Harry; Gold, Neil; Mighty, Joy; Britnell, Judy – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2007
This article provides an overview of one Canadian provincially initiated curriculum reform effort in which several generic learning outcomes were established. It also presents a flexible, practical, and integrated framework for the development, implementation, and evaluation of program-level learning outcomes in undergraduate curricula contexts.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Formative Evaluation, Intellectual Development
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Pask, G.; And Others – International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 1975
A format account is given of the structure of conversational domains. A procedure is described which permits the construction of representations of the domains of tutorial conversations (knowledge structures) together with an account of the use of the procedure for structuring academic subject matters. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Research
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Palermo, David S. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Examines whether the use of weight or linear array comparisons provide a contextual cue which facilitates the comprehension of the comparative terms "more" and "less". (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Cues, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Irwin, Ron; Sheese, Ron – 1984
Somewhat as Piaget proposed the existence of formal operations acting on concrete operational structures, Basseches (1978) has proposed the existence of dialectical operations acting on formal operational structures. Basseches gives a qualitative account of dialectical operations via the enumeration of 24 schemata categorized into four groups:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intellectual Development, Models
Langenbach, Michael; Hinkemeyer, M. Thomas – Educational Technology, 1974
Author asserts that curriculum specialists have generally neglected "school settings," or the psychological climate which fosters both intellectual and emotional growth. (HB)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Individual Development, Intellectual Development, Maturation
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Farrugia, Charles – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1975
Paper proposes how the impact of the mechanical and intellectual elements of technology on, and their application to education can be exploited to evolve a technology within education. (Author)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Educational Improvement, Educational Media, Educational Technology
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Johansson, Bo S.; Sjolin, Barbro – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
This study of the understanding of the words "and" and "or" in children, ages 2-7 1/2, indicates that "and" is used to express enumeration, and "or" to express alternatives, and that most children's responses are correct at age 4 and beyond. Differences between the linguistic and logical meaning of connection are discussed. (Author/LLK)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Cues, Intellectual Development, Language Patterns
Waller, Patricia F.; Wilhelms, Fred T. – NASSP Bull, 1969
Conclusion to a 3-part report. See also AA 501 768 through AA 501 771.
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Intellectual Development, Intelligence, Preschool Education
Rodgers, Frederick A. – Instr, 1969
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Intellectual Development, Sequential Approach, Sequential Learning
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