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Peer reviewedBarr, Ian M.; McGuire, Margit E. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Discusses the use of storytelling and interactive story building as a technique for effective social studies teaching. Describes Storyline, a structured approach to teaching and learning, in which the students and teacher create a story together. Emphasizes the broad coverage of social studies content and skills that is achieved with the method.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Bloom, Benjamin S. – Principal, 1986
Reviews breakthrough studies in the development of higher mental processes. These studies include: (1) influences on talent development; (2) the relative effects of tutoring, mastery learning, and conventional group instruction on student achievement; (3) the importance of cognitive prerequisites; (4) textbook organization; and (5) methods of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
Peer reviewedSilcock, Peter – Educational Studies, 1993
Contends that criticism of progressive pedagogical methods may be creating an ideologically neutral orthodoxy of primary school practice in Great Britain. Expresses caution about this development by defending principles underlying progressive education. Argues for the development of child-centered teaching methods within the National Curriculum.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Download full textStaton, Jana – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet examines the language interaction that takes place between student and teacher and between student and student whenever a geniune dialogue about an important event or problem occurs. The first section of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Scardamalia, Marlene; Bereiter, Carl – School Administrator, 1985
This article suggests several proven strategies to help students move beyond the knowledge-telling stage of writing to the knowledge-transforming approach, which involves not only putting one's knowledge into words but the reflection upon, revision, and improvement of that knowledge. Eleven references are listed. (DCS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Expository Writing
Sigrest, Christine E. – 1992
A study assessed the effectiveness of three cognitive levels of instruction with first graders--three-dimensional (3-D) instruction using real objects, two-dimensional (2-D) instruction using picture representations, and verbal instruction. The study population included 18 first-grade students between the ages of 6 and 8 at a small elementary city…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
