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Direct linkHueppauff, Sonia – Teaching Science, 2016
This article describes key facets of the Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE), a curriculum that emerged in the United Kingdom, enabling teachers to accelerate the process of cognitive development so that more students could attain the higher-order thinking skills (formal operational thinking) required (Lecky, 2012). CASE, also…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
Peer reviewedGoodman, W. Daniel; Bean, John C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1983
Describes a method for conducting a sophomore organic chemistry laboratory which included integrating projects with a writing task involving peer group interaction. Also includes background/theory, chemistry tasks, writing tasks, and evaluation. Included in appendices are an analytic worksheet and grading scale. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Course Descriptions
Povhe, Thomas J. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1991
Discussion of several modes of understanding in the cognitive approach to information processing focuses on heuristic (discovery-based) scientific understanding. Topics covered include how students seeking heuristic understanding in a process-oriented school library media program look at information, use preconceptions to guide their searches,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning
Download full textLevine, David I.; Linn, Marcia C. – 1976
Research on the development of ability to control variables during adolescence is reviewed. The first section discusses studies by Piaget and his collaborators, replications of Piaget's studies, and related studies by other investigators. Factors which influence performance on controlling variables tasks are delineated; the existence of Piaget's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Barman, Charles R.; Allard, David W. – 1993
Originally developed in an elementary science program called the Science Curriculum Improvement Study, the learning cycle (LC) teaching approach involves students in an active learning process modeled on four elements of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development: physical experience, referring to the biological growth of the central nervous…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, College Science, College Students
Flegg, Janet – 1981
Common misconceptions of children that may interfere with their learning science are discussed, including three aspects of science programs: complexity, fragility, and unclear learning outcomes. Special attention is given to the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS). Methods for solving problems dealing with students' misconceptions are then…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Science
