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Narode, Ronald – 1987
In the past 15 years, educators and education researchers have increasingly emphasized the importance of cognitive processes for effective education in mathematics and science. This may be characterized as a shift away from the epistemology which treats knowledge as a compilation and categorization of facts toward the notion that knowledge is the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Greenwald, Judith – 1985
A companion piece to "Improving Students' Abilities To Read and Think: A Source Guide" and to the training manual of the same title, this guide is designed to help middle, junior, and senior high school personnel responsible for reading instruction learn new strategies for improving student comprehension of text and learn new ways to…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Norris, Stephen P.; King, Ruth – 1984
This report describes the design of a test of one aspect of critical thinking ability, the ability to correctly appraise observations. Intended for classroom use with senior high school students, the 50 item Test on Appraising Observations is based on a comprehensive set of principles modified from Robert Ennes' conception of good observation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking, Diagnostic Tests, Difficulty Level
Baird, John R.; White, Richard T. – 1984
This paper reports a six month intervention program in two ninth grade science classes and one eleventh grade human biology class. One teacher, one researcher, and 64 students participated in this action research to improve student learning and attitude through training in metacognition. The researcher was a participant observer, who introduced…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Style, Decision Making Skills, Grade 11
Howard, Marilyn – 1981
The Auditory Discrimination in Depth (ADD) program, an oral-motor approach to beginning reading instruction, trains first grade children in auditory skills by a process in which language and oral-motor feedback are used to integrate auditory properties with visual properties. This emphasis of the ADD program makes the child's perceptual…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques
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Paris, Scott G.; Oka, Evelyn R. – Exceptional Children, 1986
Self-regulated learning combines cognitive skill and motivation enabling handicapped students to select challenging tasks, apply effective learning strategies, and measure success against personal standards. Research on the development of specific techniques such as informed strategy training, self-control training, conditional knowledge,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Disabilities
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Fleming, Reg – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Discusses the inclusion of socio-scientific issues in science education from the standpoint of social cognition. Describes a study in which adolescents who had successfully completed both high school chemistry and biology were interviewed. Data suggest that their dominant domains of reasoning were in the area of social cognition. (TW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Learning Theories
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Strahan, David B. – Clearing House, 1986
Synthesizes research on reasoning development and studies of teaching in order to present an approach to teaching guided thinking. (SRT)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development
Salies, Tania Gastao – Online Submission, 1995
EFL learners from three language institutes in Brazil answered the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning--SILL--to self-report how they go about learning English. They emerged as balanced users of various strategies with a tendency to use metacognitive and social strategies to learn the language. This tendency, further reinforced by factor…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Snow, David R. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
All that you need to assist the low-achieving students in your school are the six intervention strategies from this well-researched guide. Drawing from 118 studies of students at-risk of failure, David Snow guides you through the evidence-based strategies that are proven to be effective with students who are performing below standards: (1)…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Intervention, Learning Strategies, At Risk Students
Liyanage, Indika; Birch, Gary; Grimbeek, Peter – Online Submission, 2004
Previous studies (Liyanage, 2003a, 2003b, 2004) by one of the authors indicated that ethnicity and religion jointly predict the metacognitive, cognitive and social affective strategies of ESL learners in Sri Lanka. The current study further examines which of these two variables (ethnicity or religion) is more important in determining the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Religion, Muslims
Bender, William N. – 2002
This book provides classroom-proven strategies designed to empower the teacher to target instructional modifications to the content, process, and products for students with learning disabilities in the general and special education classrooms. Chapter 1 presents the concept of differentiated instruction and how that concept translates into…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Panaoura, Areti; Philippou, George – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
In recent years metacognition has been receiving increased attention in mathematics education. Special attention has been focused on metacognition and its essential role in achievement settings. The basic difficulty of the study on the field of metacognition is to develop and use valid tasks in order to measure metacognitive ability especially for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Construct Validity, Metacognition, Factor Analysis
Bembenutty, Hefer; Karabenick, Stuart A. – 1997
This study compared academic delay of gratification (ADOG) among conditionally-admitted African-American, regularly-admitted African-American, and regularly-admitted white college students. A total of 44 conditionally-admitted African-American students, 43 regularly-admitted African-American students, and 273 regularly-admitted Caucasian students…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Black Students, College Admission, College Students
Smith, M. Cecil, Ed.; Pourchot, Thomas, Ed. – 1998
Leading educational psychologists address problems in adult development and learning in this book. "What Does Educational Psychology Know about Adult Learning and Development?" (M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot) is the introduction. "We Learn, Therefore We Develop" (Nira Granott) tackles the problem of distinguishing between…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences
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