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Kaufman, Scott Barry; DeYoung, Caroline G.; Gray, Jeremy R.; Jimenez, Luis; Brown, Jamie; Mackintosh, Nicholas – Cognition, 2010
The ability to automatically and implicitly detect complex and noisy regularities in the environment is a fundamental aspect of human cognition. Despite considerable interest in implicit processes, few researchers have conceptualized implicit learning as an ability with meaningful individual differences. Instead, various researchers (e.g., Reber,…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Structural Equation Models, Associative Learning, Personality
Whimbey, Arthur – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Describes a cognitive-skills approach to teaching physics, Spanish, and philosophy. The approach relies on students verbalizing their thinking as they solve problems. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Smith, Douglas K. – 1988
Three studies were designed to explore the pattern of scores on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) by 18 students in elementary level learning disability (LD) resource programs (Study 1), 133 elementary level students referred for learning problems (Study 2), and 67 elementary students referred for severe learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
Grob, Cecelia E.; Trojcak, Doris A. – 1974
The effects of conservation activities on children's acquisition of Piaget's conservation concepts were investigated. One hundred and twenty-eight seven-to nine-year-old children in four classrooms were given pre- and post-evaluation measures of conservation ability. The experimental group completed a set of 42 self-directed conservation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)