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Datt, Sachin – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2021
One of the central problems in curriculum design is to find a rational basis for the selection of subject content and the assessment of student progression. Without good reasoning, decisions about the selection of content according to various levels of complexity would be left to personal opinion of the faculty members and a reasoned debate among…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
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Busse, Vera; Krause, Ulrike-Marie – Learning Environments Research, 2015
This article explores to what extent a problem-based learning unit in combination with cooperative learning and affectively oriented teaching methods facilitates intercultural learning. As part of the study, students reflected on critical incidents, which display misunderstandings or conflicts that arise as a result of cultural differences. In…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Curseu, Petru L.; Janssen, Steffie E. A.; Raab, Jorg – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
The current paper combines arguments from the social capital and group cognition literature to explain two different processes through which communication network structures and intra group conflict influence groups' cognitive complexity (GCC). We test in a sample of 44 groups the mediating role of intra group conflict in the relationship between…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Structures, Rural Areas, Social Networks
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Smith-Schrandt, Heather L.; Ojanen, Tiina; Gesten, Ellis; Feldman, Marissa A.; Calhoun, Casey D. – Child Development, 2011
In accord with increasing recognition of the situation specificity of childhood social behaviors, individual and contextual differences in children's responses to potential peer conflict were examined (hostile attribution, behavioral strategies, and affective reactions; N = 367, 9-2 years, 197 girls). Situational cues from 2 sources, the…
Descriptors: Cues, Self Efficacy, Conflict, Friendship
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Randell, Angela C.; Peterson, Candida C. – Social Development, 2009
Preschoolers' theory of mind (ToM) was examined in relation to emotional features of their conflicts with siblings, using mothers as privileged informants. Fifty-four children aged 3 to 5 years and their 54 mothers took part. Children were given 10 standard false belief tasks and a standardized language test. Mothers completed questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Sibling Relationship, Mothers, Conflict, Language Tests
Weber, Judith Libhaber; O'Brien, Mary – 1995
Guided by the cognitive-contextual theory of J. H. Grych and F. D. Fincham (1990), which emphasizes the importance of children's perceptions of conflict as well as conflict characteristics and contextual factors, this study investigated children's appraisals of various types of simulated marital conflict. Seventy Latino children, aged 7 to 12…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns