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Direct linkShayer, Michael; Ginsburg, Denise – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Shayer, Ginsburg, and Coe (2007) showed that children leaving primary school in Y6 entered secondary school with much lower levels of understanding of the physical conservations than in 1976. It seemed desirable to investigate cognitive development in the first three years of secondary education. Aims: By using two Piagetian tests of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Cognitive Development, Formal Operations
Can We Be Intelligent about Intelligence? Why Education Needs the Concept of Plastic General Ability
Adey, Philip; Csapo, Beno; Demetriou, Andreas; Hautamaki, Jarkko; Shayer, Michael – Educational Research Review, 2007
The notion of general cognitive ability (or "intelligence") is explored and why the time might now be ripe for educators to re-consider the power offered by a general intellectual capacity which is itself amenable to educational influence. We review existing knowledge concerning general intelligence, including the cohabitation of general and…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Stimulation, Educational Practices, Cognitive Ability
Shayer, Michael; Adhami, Mundher – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: In the context of the British Government's policy directed on improving standards in schools, this paper presents research on the effects of a programme intended to promote the cognitive development of children in the first 2 years of primary school (Y1 & 2, aged 5-7 years). The programme is based on earlier work dealing with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Effect Size
Shayer, Michael; Adhami, Mundher – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
The CAME project was inaugurated in 1993 as an intervention delivered in the context of mathematics with the intention of accelerating the cognitive development of students in the first two years of secondary education. This paper reports substantial post-test and long-term National examination effects of the intervention, yet, by discussing the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Intervention, Intention, Criticism
