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Huang, Jianyi – 1997
This book discusses the experiences of Chinese students and scholars in the United States including their educational backgrounds, their English study and proficiency, and their academic performance, activities, and achievements. It also considers cognitive, learning, and thinking styles of these students and scholars as well as their personal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese, Cognitive Style
Stobart, Henry, Ed.; Howard, Rosaleen, Ed. – 2002
This book presents research into the ways in which Indigenous peoples of the Andes create, transmit, maintain, and transform their knowledge, and the related processes of teaching and learning. Most chapters are based on papers delivered at a round-table conference at the University of Cambridge (England) in 1996 and include contributions from…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Community Relations, Cultural Maintenance, Culture Conflict
Ross, Elinor Parry – 1998
Learning how to think is essential for children to grow into responsible citizens and contribute to society. Schools need curricula that support a variety of thinking strategies as students read, write, and study content-area subjects, and learn to evaluate and manage what they do. This book for teachers provides a framework for creating a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning
Armstrong, Thomas – 1994
The model presented in this book provides a language for talking about the inner gifts of children, especially those students who have accumulated labels such as Learning Disabled (LD) and Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD) during their school careers, and describes how educators can bring Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI), a…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Armstrong, Thomas – 2000
This book (second edition) is an adaptation of Howard Gardener's theory on multiple intelligences (MI). The model in this book provides a language for talking about the inner gifts of so-called learning-disabled children. It describes how to bring Gardner's theory--a means of mapping the broad range of human abilities--into the classroom. The MI…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Myers, Robert E. – 1998
The 40 activities contained in this book were designed to persuade students to think both critically and creatively. The activities call for the use of all 18 of E. Paul Torrance's creative thinking abilities. The theoretical underpinnings for this collection are based upon philosophical and pedagogical beliefs that experiences be positive: if…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
Cranton, Patricia – 1998
This book addresses the needs of college and university instructors for an integrative, comprehensive approach to teaching and learning in higher education. The book has two purposes: first, to place teaching and learning in higher education within a theoretical framework, and second, to provide practical strategies for teaching. The introductory…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
Smith, Alfred G.; And Others – 1979
Differences in cognitive styles were studied in a selected group of over 800 students at 20 law schools throughout the U.S. Two major styles are identified in this book: that of the monopath, who follows a single route of established principles and procedures, and that of the polypath, who takes many routes, as circumstances suggest. A battery of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Myers, Robert E. – 1998
The activities in this book were designed to encourage students to perceive what is going on around them, to be both receptive to and critical of the ideas of others, to analyze problems, to elaborate upon ideas, to explore possibilities, and to see relationships. The activities call for all 18 of E. Paul Torrance's creative thinking abilities.…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
Johnson, Leona M. – 2003
This publication presents reasons why attention to culture and learning is important in schools. It examines the relationship between culture and learning, and discusses how conflicts between the culture of the home and that of the typical classroom hinder the educational process for many children. It reviews examples of culturally sensitive…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Stark, Joan S.; Lattuca, Lisa R. – 1997
This book proposes a broad view of the college curriculum, suggesting that it be defined as an "academic plan." The plan included decisions about what, why, and how students learn; ways to determine whether students have learned what they are supposed to learn; and methods of using this information to improve the plan. Taking both a macro and a…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Cognitive Processes, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Shade, Barbara J. Robinson, Ed. – 1997
Many students of color are not performing to their maximum potential within the current school setting, and examinations of this problem suggest significant differences between student and teacher perceptions of how one becomes educated. The underlying assumptions of this book are that culture, through the mediation of cognitive style, determines…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Culture
James, Amy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Part of the new Knowledge Essentials series, "First Grade Success" shows parents how to enrich their children's classroom learning and take an active role in their first graders' education by exploring: (1) What their first graders are learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social studies;…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 2, Thinking Skills, Academic Achievement
James, Amy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Part of the new Knowledge Essentials series, "Fourth Grade Success" shows parents how to enrich their children's classroom learning and take an active role in their fourth graders' education by exploring: (1) What fourth graders are learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social studies; (2)…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Thinking Skills, Academic Achievement
Fry, Heather, Ed.; Ketteridge, Steve, Ed.; Marshall, Stephanie, Ed. – 1999
This book was written to support the excellence in teaching required to bring about learning of the highest quality. Chapters seek to offer the best practical advice in teaching, learning, and assessment, as well as references to research findings. An introductory section sets out the purpose of the book and examines the changing role and place of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Business Education, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction