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Direct linkMiller, Nicole; Kumar, Saravana; Pearce, Karma L.; Baldock, Katherine L. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2022
Nature-based play and learning is of increasing interest to primary schools. However, few studies have investigated primary school staffs' views. Therefore, this study aimed to survey school staff about the barriers and benefits of nature-based play and learning. The online cross-sectional survey was completed by 50 respondents each representing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Elementary School Teachers, Natural Resources
Download full textBobis, Janette – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
This paper presents the findings of an investigation into the influence primary teachers' knowledge of a researched-based framework describing children's cognitive development in early number has on their teaching practices. Survey and interview data from twenty-eight teachers were collected to determine teachers' perceptions of their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Affective Behavior, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Development
Schellenberg, E. Glenn; Bigand, Emmanuel; Poulin-Charronnat, Benedicte; Garnier, Cecilia; Stevens, Catherine – Developmental Science, 2005
Three experiments examined children's knowledge of harmony in Western music. The children heard a series of chords followed by a final, target chord. In Experiment 1, French 6- and 11-year-olds judged whether the target was sung with the vowel /i/ or /u/. In Experiment 2, Australian 8- and 11-year-olds judged whether the target was played on a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Music, Western Civilization
Peer reviewedBoulton-Lewis, Gillian – Higher Education, 1994
Analysis of statements by 869 students and 21 faculty at Queensland University of Technology (Australia) concerning learning, using the SOLO (structure of observed learning outcomes) Taxonomy, identified key concepts in learning in eight categories: learning definitions; factors influencing learning; learning strategies; learning styles; aspects…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, College Students
Peer reviewedTreiman, Rebecca; Broderick, Victor – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Two studies compared children's knowledge about the letters in their name with knowledge of other letters. Findings indicated that Australian first graders and U.S. kindergartners and preschoolers had superior knowledge of letter-name, but not letter-sound, for first letter of their first name. Also, U.S. preschoolers were better at printing the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
English, Lyn D. – 1993
The focus of this report is children's construction and analogical transfer of mathematical knowledge during novel problem solving, as reflected in their strategies for dealing with isomorphic combinatorial problems presented in "hands-on" and written form. Case studies of 9-year-olds, one low and one high achieving in school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analogy, Case Studies, Cognitive Development
