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Five Faces of Cognition: Theoretical Influences on Approaches to Learning Disabilities.
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Hresko, Wayne P.; Reid, D. Kim – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The article points out that the label "cognitive" has been used to designate five substantially different approaches to learning disabilities: information processing, metacognition, genetic epistemology, cognitive behavior modification, and the specific-abilities model. Despite the similar label, the instructional interventions of these approaches…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Methods
Why Is Cognitive Instruction Effective? Underlying Learning Mechanisms.
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Reid, D. Kim; Stone, C. Addison – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1991
After an overview of several studies of cognitive instruction used with problem learners, the article describes two learning mechanisms that explain why such cognitive interventions work--prolepsis (communication that initially leaves implicit some information) and reflective abstraction (changing observables into meaningful internalized…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Restructuring, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Five Faces of Cognition: Theoretical Influences on Approaches to Learning Disabilities.
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Hresko, Wayne P.; Reid, D. Kim – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
The label "cognitive" has been used to designate five substantially different approaches to the study of learning disabilities: information processing, metacognition, genetic epistemology, cognitive behavior modification, and the specific abilities model. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education