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Peer reviewedWagner, Daniel A.; Spratt, Jennifer E. – Child Development, 1987
Results indicate specific and positive effects of Quranic schooling on serial memory but not on other memory or cognitive tasks. These findings replicate earlier reports that Quranic schooling affects specific (and not general) memory skills. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Memory
Peer reviewedLehto, Juhani – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1995
Explores the relationship between teenagers' working memory and school achievement. Experiments revealed significant correlations between the two, specifically in the field of foreign language. Includes descriptions of the experiments with accompanying statistical tables. (MJP)
Descriptors: Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies
Download full textCohen, David K.; And Others – 1990
This project was a one-year study of California's reform effort in mathematics education. The research focused on two issues of great importance to current efforts to reform mathematics instruction: (1) What distinguishes teaching mathematics for "understanding" from rote performance and what does teaching mathematics for understanding…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Instructional Effectiveness
