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Download full textBlosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – Investigations in Science Education, 1986
Abstracts and abstractors' critiques of 10 science education research studies are presented. The first section contains four studies related to science teacher education. These studies focus on: preservice elementary science teachers' science content backgrounds, perceptions of purposes for teaching science in elementary schools, and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Concept Formation, Elementary School Teachers
PDF pending restorationBergeron, Jacques C., Ed.; Herscovics, Nicolas, Ed. – 1983
The theme of the meeting reported in this document was "Research in Mathematics Education from an Epistemological Perspective." In addition to the plenary session and reaction papers the conference proceedings contain papers grouped under the headings: (1) algebra; (2) computers and mathematics education; (3) early arithmetic (K-3); (4)…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Computer Oriented Programs, Concept Formation
White, Arthur L., Ed.; Blosser, Patricia E., Ed. – 1982
Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) have been collected in this publication. Papers focus on such areas as student and teacher characteristics, student and teacher attitudes, science curriculum, science instruction, preservice and inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research
Miyake, Kazuo, Ed. – 1984
Most of the seven articles in this collection present research on the social development of young children. Specifically, "Issues in Socio-Emotional Development " (Kazuo Mikyake, Joseph Campos, and Jerome Kagan) and "Japanese vs. United States Comparison of Mother-Infant Interaction and Infant Development: A Review" (Shing-jen…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Children, Cognitive Development
Kennedy, Mary M. – 1982
Qualitive data from interviews with individuals and observations of group meetings were gathered from 16 school districts that participated in a study of school district uses of evaluation and test data. The findings are organized around a series of discrete topics presented in a set of independent papers. The title essay, "Working Knowledge,"…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1985
This issue of "Investigations in Mathematics Education" contains: (1) 12 abstracts of research studies in mathematics education; (2) a list (by EJ number) of mathematics education research studies reported in the July-to-December 1984 issues of "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE); and (3) a list (by ED number) of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Educational Games
PDF pending restorationStahl, Robert J.; Webster, Nancy Comstock – 1976
The purposes of the paper are to discuss use of a concept formation model in art education and to suggest ways in which teachers might plan and develop art instructional activities consistent with the model. Based upon a social studies model designed along the lines of Robert Gagne's learning theory, the art education model utilizes rule, concept,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Education, Class Activities, Concept Formation
Lombard, Avima D. – 1981
Israel's Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, a nationally administered home-based program of early childhood education, is discussed in this book. In addition to presenting information regarding the social conditions that necessitated development of the program, this book describes the theory and planning behind the program, its…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Concept Formation
Faber, Ronald J.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to compare the relative importance of several different variables from different theoretical perspectives in explaining how children understood the advertising on commercial television. Sixty-seven first and third grade students were interviewed individually to assess their current stage of logical operations and role taking,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Childrens Television
Rice, Marion J.; Cobb, Russell L. – 1978
The document reviews geography concepts and skills which elementary school children can learn in geography lessons. The study is based on research and evaluation studies with empirical test results and on anecdotal reports of what children have learned. The document is presented in four chapters. Chapter I describes the organization of the study.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Lewis, Jed – 1978
Four text passages varying along the dimensions of the number of propositions unifying one or more text paragraphs and text length were constructed. The text content pertained to nine concepts in the area of operant conditioning psychology. Fifty-eight university students were pretested and then blocked on prior text-related knowledge, and read…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading
SMITH, GARY R. – 1967
THE CAPACITY OF INTERMEDIATE PUPILS TO UNDERSTAND AND RETAIN GENERALIZATIONS RELATED TO SIMPLE MACHINES, ELECTRICAL ENERGY, AND HEAT ENERGY WAS INVESTIGATED. A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH GRADE PUPILS WAS SELECTED FROM THE METROPOLITAN DETROIT AREA. GENERALIZATIONS FOR THE THREE PHYSICAL SCIENCE AREAS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Comprehension, Concept Formation
HAAS, JOHN; MELVILLE, ROBERT – 1967
A STUDY WAS DEVISED TO APPRAISE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF NAVAJO STUDENTS LIVING IN DORMITORIES AWAY FROM THE INDIAN RESERVATION. THE FOLLOWING SEVEN FACTORS WERE CHOSEN TO BE INVESTIGATED AS BEING DIRECTLY RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT--(1) INTELLIGENCE, (2) READING ABILITY, (3) ANXIETY, (4) SELF-CONCEPT, (5) MOTIVATION, (6) VERBAL DEVELOPMENT, (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, American Culture, Anxiety
Killian, C. Rodney, Ed. – 1980
Papers presented at the 1980 National Conference on Reasoning, Piaget, and Higher Education are presented which address the implications of Piaget's research on the teaching of reasoning skills in higher education. Contents include the following: "Piaget: An Agenda, Not an Answer for the 80s," by Catherine M. Warrick; "Project…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Rabianski, Nancyanne – 1980
A study was conducted to identify characteristics of student writers that might be used to predict which of two invention procedures--free writing or the tagmemic heuristic procedure--would be more effective in improving writing skills. A secondary purpose was to investigate whether writing improvement correlated with a lessening in anxiety. Three…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
