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Millonzi, Joel C.; Reitano, JoAnne – Journal of Cooperative Education, 1977
LaGuardia Community College's Teaching, Application and Reinforcement (TAR) Program helps students develop the three thinking techniques, calculative, reflective, and analytical thinking, necessary for the mental agility that must be a part of the changing climate of the business world. (RK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Mullis, Ina V.S., Ed.; Martin, Michael O., Ed.; Minnich, Chad A., Ed.; Stanco, Gabrielle M., Ed.; Arora, Alka, Ed.; Centurino, Victoria A.S., Ed.; Castle, Courtney E., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been instrumental in developing an analytical model for understanding the relationships between educational policy (the intended curriculum), classroom and instructional practices (the implemented curriculum), and educational learning…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Policy, Mathematics Curriculum, Science Curriculum
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
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This eight-part book contains 69 articles which address topics related to helping students become effective thinkers. The articles are organized under these categories: (1) the need to teach students to think; (2) creating school conditions for thinking; (3) what is thinking? deciding on definitions; (4) a curriculum for thinking; (5) thinking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 1991
This book contains 29 articles which address topics related to teaching thinking. The articles include: (1) "Balancing Process and Content" (Marilyn Jager Adams); (2) "Structure of Intellect (SOI)" (Mary N. Meeker); (3) "Instrumental Enrichment" (Francis R. Link); (4) "Thinking to Write: Assessing Higher-Order Cognitive Skills and Abilities"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Costa, Arthur L., Ed. – 2001
The major purpose of this book is to rejuvenate the focus on thinking throughout the curriculum. This collection of 85 essays is intended to help educational leaders--teachers, administrators, curriculum workers, staff developers, and teacher educators--infuse curriculum, instruction, and school organization with practices that more fully develop…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Oja, Sharon N. – 1979
This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a Deliberate Psychological Education Curriculum to promote the ego, moral, and conceptual development of inservice teachers enrolled in a five-week workshop, followed by a supervised fall quarter practicum. Significant differences were found between experimental and control groups…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Developmental Programs