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Download full textLevstik, Linda S. – 1988
This paper examines research studies that have concluded that elementary school children can learn more difficult and abstract social studies concepts than are taught in the traditional social studies curriculum. Research studies that focus on constraints on cognition, the use of embedded concepts, and understanding knowledge restructuring and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Roy, Joyce; And Others – 1987
This study investigated the use of the developmental level of kindergarten children's art work as a predictor of readiness for first grade. The sample consisted of 55 children (33 girls and 22 boys) in three kindergarten classes. All were over 5 years of age and had not attended kindergarten before. The kindergarten screening measure used a…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing
Hall, Mary Jane; And Others – 1987
A study examined the relationship between sex differences and the development of reading proficiency, specifically investigating if sex differences related to achievement on measures of silent reading comprehension, sight vocabulary, recognition of vocabulary in context, and use of structural analysis in word recognition taken separately or in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 2, Learning Readiness
Mason, Jana M. – 1982
Unproven beliefs about the process of reading and its instruction and about the effects of maturation and social structure on learning have obscured the question of what children know about how to read. An alternate conceptualization proposes that to learn to read children must obtain experience in three reading contexts: the use of print and its…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Reading, Learning Readiness, Learning Theories
Lawrence, Jeanette; And Others – 1985
This research addresses the actual goals and intentions from which students plan and organize their work in a course of study. Representations can either facilitate or hinder learning and problem solutions. Several salient aspects of adult students' representational systems and how they influenced university study were examined in two studies. The…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Heuristics
Peer reviewedCohen, Dorothy – Childhood Education, 1974
Explores causes of nonlearning in young children, the problems of mechanical, unimaginative learning, and the differences between precocity and maturity. (ED)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary School Students, Imagination, Interpersonal Relationship
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; And Others – 1977
In order to enhance the understanding of visual literacy, one of its constituents, visual learning (VL), is examined in terms of underlying assumptions, hypothesized behaviors, and implications of both assumptions and behaviors. Assumptions are: (1) VL encompasses all changes in behavior arising from the individual's responses to visual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning Readiness, Maturation
Hughes, Loyd R. – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Classroom Environment, Educational Principles, Learning Readiness
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1978
Descriptions of ten reading, mathematics and readiness programs chosen for statewide dissemination in South Carolina are presented in this document. The programs were selected following a study funded by Title I and conducted to serve 127,702 children in local South Carolina school districts. Each was found to provide solutions to critical…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Learning Readiness
Coller, Alan R.; Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1978
An external evaluation was conducted of the Picturepages television work-along program in Kentucky. The program consisted of 100 televised lessons and booklets, and was given to 237 preschool children. The lessons presented "games" which were designed to develop cognitive concepts and skills. Both process and outcome evaluations were…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Learning Activities, Learning Readiness, Preschool Education
Scott, Ralph; Davis, Arthur, Jr. – 1979
This report examines the procedures employed in the Home Start Program, which offered prekindergarten readiness enrichment for economically disadvantaged children, ages two through five. The program focused on regular visits to the home by paraprofessional home workers, and took into account parental needs as well as the multifaceted development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Experience, Enrichment Activities, Family Environment
RAWSON, MARGARET B. – 1966
A SELECTED READING AND REFERENCE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FROM 1896 TO 1966 ON THE NATURE, RECOGNITION, AND TREATMENT OF LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES IS PRESENTED. THE TITLES WERE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF RELEVANCE TO THE GENERAL INTERESTS AND SPECIFIC NEEDS OF PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH LANGUAGE DISORDERS, PARTICULARLY WITH A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE DISABILITY.…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Associative Learning, Language Handicaps, Lateral Dominance
TANNENBAUM, ABRAHAM J.; AND OTHERS – 1964
CONTENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING SPEECHES--(1) EDUCABILITY AND THE SCHOOL INTEGRATION CRISIS BY DR. MILTON SCHWEBEL, (2) INTELLIGENCE, ETHNIC ORIGINS, AND INTEGRATION BY DR. HERBERT G. BIRCH, (3) INTEGRATION IN EDUCATION - TOWARD WHAT GOALS BY MR. JOHN MORSELL, (4) PROBLEMS IN SOCIAL LEARNING BY DR. ROBERT GREEEN, AND (5) PROBLEMS IN ACADEMIC…
Descriptors: Conferences, Curriculum Development, De Facto Segregation, Desegregation Effects
Skager, Rodney W. – Evaluation Comment, 1968
Research related to the training and measurement of cognitive skills (effective behaviors in situations in which events must be organized or structured in some way) represents a point of common ground between the educator and the behavioral scientist. That we so seldom train for generalized cognitive skills is paradoxical, for most authorities…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Lockette, Agnes – 1977
This paper stresses the essential role of concrete play experiences in the early childhood curriculum. The paper examines the value of play, shows how to facilitate language arts development through planned play activities, notes that play provides the early sensory experiences that are the foundations for language arts development, points out the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Early Childhood Education
