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Download full textGeorgiou, Kyriakoula; Angeli, Charoula – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
The development of computational thinking is as important as writing, reading and arithmetic, and, it should start as early as kindergarten (Wing, 2008). However, little has been done in terms of investigating the factors influencing the development of computational thinking in preschool education (Bers et al., 2014; Ching et al., 2018; Kazakoff…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Preschool Children
Carter, Heather L. – 1968
The generalization of acquired competencies, specifically flexibility of closure, was the subject of this research. Flexibility of closure was defined as the ability to demonstrate selective attention to a specified set of elements when presented within various settings (the larger the number of settings from which the desired set of elements can…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShapson, Stanley M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
The relationship between cognitive style and hypothesis-testing behavior was studied in 46 third grade children. It was found that field independent children process information more efficiently and according to a perfect focusing model. Efforts to enhance the information processing of field dependent children were described. (GDC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Britain, Susan D.; And Others – 1979
Kindergarten children were exposed to a behavior modification training activity involving perceptual scanning, which was designed to increase the field-independent mode of perception. The training was evaluated, based upon a group of 18 experimental subjects and a control group of 17 children. Subjects in the training group were individually…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Style, Kindergarten Children, Perception
