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Cook, Nancy – 1976
Focusing on the acquisition of semantic features and the relation between semantic and perceptual features, this study further tests the "semantic feature hypothesis," where a child acquires full adult word meaning component by component, and its complementary "correlation hypothesis," which claims that the source of these semantic features lies…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Age Differences, Child Language, Cognitive Development
Download full textSilver, Rawley A. – 1979
Presented at the 1979 National Art Education Association Convention on the arts in special education, the paper focuses on studies of the aesthetic and therapeutic use of special art procedures with handicapped students. The art education needs of handicapped students are briefly discussed, along with the impact and implications of new…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy, Cognitive Development
Hoover, John J. – 1978
The thesis presents a literature review of selected characteristics of learning disabled children and the relationship between these characteristics and reading. Thirty-three characteristics are discussed, divided into three categories: selected cognitive abilities, speech and language development, and selected behavioral and emotional-social…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Ability, Language Acquisition
Chaffee, John – 1980
Based on the premise that traditional skill deficiencies are symptoms of a fundamental inability to reason, to use concepts, and to solve problems, a three-part remedial course was designed by the Philosophy Department at LaGuardia Community College (New York) to teach critical thinking as a basic learning skill. Part I of the course explores the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Bates, Elizabeth; And Others – 1979
A study is reported relevant to the relationship between first words learned by children and gestural symbolization under a variety of contextual conditions. It is part of a larger longitudinal study of 32 children at 10, 13, 20, and 27 months of age. The children were seen in three standardized situations for eliciting gestural and vocal symbols:…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Body Language, Child Language, Cognitive Development
Egan, Kieran – 1979
Many social studies curricula are based on John Dewey's principle that education should start from what the child knows and work outward from there. This paper suggests that social studies educators will make the pursuit of social studies knowledge more interesting if they tailor curriculum content to students' developing cognition. A three stage…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
GUZMAN, RALPH – 1967
THE SOCIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT ARE LISTED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE, NON-ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. IT INCLUDES BOOKS, UNPUBLISHED DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, MASTERS THESES, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND OTHER MATERIALS. A BRIEF ESSAY RELATING TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S SEARCH FOR…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingualism, Concept Formation, Cultural Images
SUCHMAN, J. RICHARD – 1962
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE SPECIFIC METHODS OF DEVELOPING THE INQUIRY SKILLS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. ACTIVITIES INVOLVED SELECTING SPECIFIC METHODS, GATHERING MATERIALS, AND TRAINING QUALIFIED TEACHERS. A 24-WEEK, INQUIRY TRAINING PROGRAM WAS GIVEN TO FIFTH- AND SIXTH-GRADE CHILDREN WHICH INCORPORATED--(1) ANALYSIS, (2)…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Opalka, Sandra H.; And Others – 1980
Representative of the 30 units comprising first grade Yup'ik lessons, units on clothing, animal families, dog teams, and potlatch (generally a celebration for the dead) are detailed in these lesson plans. Each of the four units is prefaced by a statement of concept/recall objectives, Ak'A Piyarat concept objectives (cultural aspects), and skills…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Audiolingual Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Chesterfield, Ray; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this part of the multimethod Head Start bilingual/bicultural curriculum evaluation (Juarez and Associates, 1979), is to present the results of a pilot test of a battery of instruments to be used in assessing the effectiveness of four early childhood bilingual/bicultural curriculum models. The instruments pilot tested were the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Evaluation
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1978
The intent of this publication is to provide an opportunity for educators to consider reading comprehension as dependent, at least in part, on specific features of written language. Chapter 1 discusses a theoretical framework for thinking, problem solving, and reading comprehension. Chapter 2 deals with teaching word-level comprehension,…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Content Area Reading, Context Clues
Odell, Sandra J.; Ferraro, Douglas P. – 1979
In order to determine the cognitive development of Navajo children in terms of Piagetian conservation of number, mass, and continuous quantity, 168 Navajo children at seven different age levels from 5 to adult were presented with a series of three conservation tasks. The tasks consisted of a standard object and an equivalent object that could be…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Development
Roid, Gale; Haladyna, Tom – 1978
Item writing methods for criterion referenced tests in the cognitive domain are reviewed. The methods are classified on a continuum from informal-subjective to automated-objective. Examples of approaches to improving instructional objectives are given. Domain-based tests are derived from content specifications and five approaches are described:…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Tests
Goldenberg, Marvin A. – 1978
In an effort to improve the reading readiness skills of children entering the first grade, a special class was established in a lower socioeconomic area of a large city. Testing procedures were instituted to select appropriate pupils, and pretest and posttest results were used to evaluate the program. The 19 pupils selected for the class were…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged Youth
Hooper, Frank H.; And Others – 1979
This 4-year longitudinal study of logical reasoning found complex interrelationships among different cognitive processes of children ages 6 to 15. Piaget's stage theory is discussed in the introduction, with a focus on the concrete operational stage in middle childhood. In the study, a representative array of logical concept tasks and short-term…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability
