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Download full textLindahl, Mats Gunnar; Linder, Cedric – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
The conflicts between nature and nurture are brought to the fore and challenges socio-scientific decision-making in science education. The multitude of meanings of these concepts and their roles in societal discourses can impede students' development of understanding for different perspectives, e.g. on gene technology. This study problematizes…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Nature Nurture Controversy, High School Students, Foreign Countries
Direct linkRuthsatz, Joanne; Detterman, Douglas; Griscom, William S.; Cirullo, Britney A. – Intelligence, 2008
Previous research has supported the theory that acquisition of expertise in any domain is possible for healthy individuals with sufficient deliberate practice, but such an extreme environmental position brings the existence of innate talent into question. The present study investigates the effects of both environmental factors and talent on expert…
Descriptors: Music, Music Activities, Musicians, Drills (Practice)
Savoie, Alain – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2009
Fine arts teachers' concerns about male underachievement in a Quebec coeducational high school, and a related survey showing boys' negative perceptions of fine arts motivated this interdisciplinary literature review. Referring to biology and cognitive science, the article explores concepts of sex-related cognitive traits to help in designing…
Descriptors: Males, Cognitive Style, Fine Arts, Coeducation
Kagan, Jerome; Snidman, Nancy; Kahn, Vali; Towsley, Sara – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2007
This "Monograph" reports theoretically relevant behavioral, biological, and self-report assessments of a sample of 14-17-year-olds who had been classified into one of four temperamental groups at 4 months of age. The infant temperamental categories were based on observed behavior to a battery of unfamiliar stimuli. The infants classified as high…
Descriptors: Infants, Crying, Adolescents, Brain
Johnson, Michael B.; Tenenbaum, Gershon; Edmonds, William A.; Castillo, Yvonne – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
The current study fills a void in the literature that investigates the factors required for elite athlete development. Previous studies have (a) illustrated psychological and physiological differences between elites and non-elites; "or" (b) described the psychological and physiological developmental experiences of elite performers. The…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Athletes, Talent Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Corbett, Michael – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
This analysis draws on interview data from a three-year study of educational decision making of youth living in a coastal community in Atlantic Canada. Students whose educational and mobility aspirations extend outside the known spaces of the community develop the ability to negotiate multiple social spaces in and out of school. The school- …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Environment, Rural Sociology, Rural Schools
