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Direct linkReyes-Guerra, Daniel; Pisapia, John; Mick, Annie – School Leadership & Management, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of two educational leadership university programmes to improve the cognitive agility of their graduates. The research looked to discover whether the aspiring principals exited the programmes with an increased ability to employ cognitive agility--the ability to use the multiple thinking skills of…
Descriptors: Principals, School Turnaround, Leadership Training, Cognitive Development
Ortiz, Enrique; Eisenreich, Heidi A.; Tapp, Laura E. K. – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2019
The goal of this study is to analyze undergraduate elementary school pre-service teachers' conceptions and misconceptions of physical and virtual manipulative materials using an interpretive "framework." The "framework" involved the use of the "Concrete," "Pictorial" and "Abstract cognitive levels"…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Manipulative Materials, Undergraduate Study
Download full textWebb, Linda; Carey, John; Villares, Elizabeth; Wells, Craig; Sayer, Aline – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Numerous authors have reviewed research to determine which skills are considered fundamental to successful academic and social outcomes for students (Hattie, Briggs, & Purdie, 1996; Masten & Coatworth, 1998; Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1994; Zins, Weissberg, Wang, & Walberg, 2004). These skills include: (1) cognitive and…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Success, Cognitive Ability, Metacognition
Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2014
Care Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRISs) have advanced and matured, a number of states and localities have undertaken evaluations to validate the systems. Such efforts stem from the desire to ensure that the system is designed and operating in the ways envisioned when the system was established. Given that a central component in a QRIS…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Program Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Cho, Rosa Minhyo; Tyler, John H. – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
The authors use administrative data from Florida to determine the extent to which prison-based adult basic education (ABE) improves inmate's postrelease labor market outcomes, such as earnings and employment. Using two nonexperimental comparison groups, the authors find evidence that ABE participation is associated with higher postrelease earnings…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Hawley, Katherine Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined special education teachers' perspectives of the instructional impact of the Florida Alternate Assessment (FAA) for students with significant cognitive disabilities. Through purposeful sampling, six special education teachers who serve students with significant cognitive disabilities and had experience administering the FAA were…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Alternative Assessment
Haciomeroglu, Erhan Selcuk; Chicken, Eric – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2011
The goal of the present study was to report an instrument designed to determine students' mathematical performances and preference for visual or analytic thinking for the calculus derivative and antiderivative tasks as well as examine the relationships among students' cognitive style, cognitive ability, and mathematical performance in calculus.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Preferences, Mathematical Logic, Calculus
What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
"Curiosity Corner" is an early childhood curriculum emphasizing children's language and literacy skills. It comprises two sets of 38 weekly thematic units--one for three-year-olds and one for four-year-olds. Program staff conduct daily lessons using sequential daily activities. One study of "Curiosity Corner" meets the What…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Intervention, Educational Research, Early Reading
Peer reviewedTyler, John H.; Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B. – Journal of Human Resources, 2000
For high school dropouts who last attempted the General Educational Development (GED) test in Florida and New York in 1989-1990, earnings of those without GEDs, least-skilled GED holders, and highest-skilled GED holders were compared. Higher GED scores were associated with higher earnings, except for white males. These earnings differences were as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Dropouts, High School Equivalency Programs, Labor Market
KROPP, RUSSELL P.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE SETS OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PRESENTED IN THIS VOLUME WERE DESIGNED TO CALL INTO THE LEARNING SITUATION THE MOST HIGHLY DEVELOPED COGNITIVE APTITUDES OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. THE ASSUMPTION BEHIND THEIR DESIGN WAS THAT LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN VARIOUS SUBJECT-MATTER AREAS COULD BE MINIMIZED BY ALTERING THE CONTENT OF TEXTUAL MATERIAL TO FIT…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Cognitive Ability, Individualized Programs, Instructional Design
King, F. J.; And Others – 1988
This study was designed to determine the accuracy with which high school students estimate their cognitive abilities as measured by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). In addition, the study was designed to determine whether participation in vocational counseling activities through the ASVAB program or through Florida…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
KROPP, RUSSELL P.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN COGNITIVE APTITUDES AND VARIED INSTRUCTIONAL TREATMENTS (TEACHING MATERIALS AND TEACHER METHODS) TO DETERMINE IF LEARNING DIFFICULTIES COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MINIMIZED BY ALTERING THE CONTENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TREATMENTS TO FIT THE COGNITIVE APTITUDE PATTERNS OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS. THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Audiovisual Aids, Chemistry
