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Download full textSierpinska, Anna – 1994
This book discusses the act of understanding in mathematics. The first chapter, "Understanding and Meaning," inquires into the various senses and uses of the word "understanding" in ordinary language and discusses the notion of meaning and relations between understanding and meaning. The second chapter, "Components and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Cultural Context, Definitions
Scinto, Leonard F. M. – 1986
The concern of this book is to examine written language and its relation to what is ordinarily understood by the term oral language, the process of its acquisition, and the place of written language in the process of mental development. The eight chapters (1) examine the relation of written language to oral language and trace the phonocentric…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
Cherkes-Julkowski, Miriam; And Others – 1997
This book reviews issues concerning attention deficit disorders (ADDs) in the context of a systems perspective. ADDs are viewed as resulting from dynamic interactions of behavior, cognition, and affect, out of which emerge distinct and idiosyncratic ways of coping. Chapter 1 looks at the interaction of attention and behavior. In chapter 2, the…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Patterns
Scruggs, Thomas E., Ed.; Mastropieri, Margo A., Ed. – 1996
This two-volume set presents 11 papers on the state of the art in learning and behavioral disabilities, the first volume, Part A, includes 6 papers providing theoretical perspectives and, the second volume, Part B, includes 5 papers on intervention research. The theoretical papers are: "Defining Emotional or Behavioral Disorders: Divergence…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Measurement
Lyon, G. Reid, Ed. – 1994
This book offers 27 papers addressing critical issues in the assessment of students with all kinds of learning disabilities. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Critical Issues in the Measurement of Learning Disabilities" (G. Reid Lyon); "A Matrix of Decision Points in the Measurement of Learning Disabilities" (Barbara K. Keogh);…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Definitions
Allen, Rich – 2001
This book explains the TrainSmart approach to training, which is based on how the authors believe the brain naturally learns best. Part 1 introduces the five pillars of the TrainSmart Model, which are as follows: (1) engage (engage participants' attention); (2) frame (establish a frame of reference); (3) explore (introduce a conceptual activity);…
Descriptors: Brain, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
Rothwell, William J. – 2002
This book explains how work organizations can create a workplace climate that encourages real-time, on-the-job learning and development of competent workplace learners, who are wiling and able to seize the initiative for identifying their own learning experiences and evaluating the results. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
