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Download full textMichigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1978
The intent of this document is to provide answers to questions related to teaching the metric system. Topics covered include: (1) A Model for Developing Understanding and Skills in Measurement; (2) Metric Measurement Units; (3) SI Do's and Don'ts; (4) Examples of Everyday Uses of SI Measures; (5) Child Development and Learning to Measure; (6)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Jordan, Valerie Barnes – 1980
The development of children's understanding of the permanence of various social roles was examined in 16 four- and 16 five-year-old children. A social role conservation battery consisting of 12 items on the permanence of self-identity, gender, child and sibling roles was given under three temporal conditions: the past (i.e., when you were a baby,…
Descriptors: Child Role, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Preschool Children
Dahlgren, Lars Owe – 1978
The effects of university education in economics on students' conceptions of economic aspects of their everyday life were studied. A random sample of 15 beginninq students at the University of Goteborg, Sweden, were interviewed before and after the course. Ten questions were asked that were taken from the students' everyday life and brought out…
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Consumer Economics, Economic Factors
Goetz, Elizabeth M. – 1979
Acquisition of the basic concepts of mathematics such as matching, number and counting, sets and classifying, comparing, measuring, shape, space, and parts and wholes, may be followed by two types of activities. First, the child may subsequently be presented activities that allow for practice and generalization of those acquired concepts.…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Drills (Practice), Educational Games, Games
Swearingen, C. J. – 1980
Modeling the process of communication through fictive constructions of audience is as much a part of teaching writing as is imparting rules for grammar and organization. A historical review of rhetorical theory and the goals of writing instruction delineates the shift away from traditional, fuzzy conceptions of audience to more carefully…
Descriptors: Audiences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Higher Education
Francis Christi, Sister – 1980
The author describes a Piaget based curriculum involving three main themes (classification, number measurement/space, and seriation) for young mentally retarded children. Students solve problems by doing something physically and mentally to the data, shuffling the facts about in their minds, so that they will come to a logical solution. Language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Developmental Stages
Tennyson, Robert D. – 1980
Two instructional design variables directly related to concept learning were investigated. The first variable, management strategy, tested the hypothesis that advising students of their learning need in relationship to acquisition of a task at a given criterion would be more effective than either adaptive control or learner control strategies.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Duke, Marshall P.; Nowicki, Stephen – 1979
A new conceptualization of interpersonal relationship, based on the notions of specific and generalized expectancies and other basic tenets of Rotter's social learning theory, is presented. Interpersonal relationships are translated into the language of social learning theory, with its established body of literature and methodology. Two studies…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Human Relations, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
JOHNSON, RONALD E.; AND OTHERS – 1961
A BOOKLET DESIGNED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE USED INDEPENDENTLY FROM AND IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CLASSROOM CURRICULUM IN MATHEMATICS IS GIVEN. THE FIFTH- OR SIXTH-GRADE STUDENT IS PRESENTED WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE APPLICATIONS OF THE SLIDE RULE AND WITH A BACKGROUND REVIEW OF NECESSARY CONCEPTS. THE CONCEPTS OF THE SLIDE RULE ARE…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
FATTU, NICHOLAS A.; TURNER, RICHARD L. – 1960
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO GATHER AND ANALYZE DATA ABOUT THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESSES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AN OPERATIONALLY DEFINED CONCEPT ON THE CRITERIA FOR PROFESSIONAL, HIGH PROFICIENCY QUALITIES IN TEACHERS. THREE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED--(1) WHAT IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, (2) WHAT IS PROBLEM-SOLVING…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Standards, Concept Formation, Educational Objectives
REAGAN, GERALD M. – 1967
SELECTED STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION RELEVANT FOR EMPIRICAL RESEARCHERS AND FOCUSING ON CONCEPTS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING ARE REVIEWED. THESE INCLUDE (1) BEST ON DESCRIPTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS OF BEHAVIORS, (2) SCHEFFLER ON THE "RESTRICTIONS OF MANNER" WHICH ARE PART OF THE CONCEPT OF TEACHING, (3) ADAMS ON SCHEFFLER'S VIEWS, (4)…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
BAKER, FRANK B. – 1967
IF COMPUTER PROGRAMS ARE TO SERVE AS USEFUL MODELS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR, THEIR CREATORS MUST FACE THE NEED TO ESTABLISH AN INTERNAL ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR MODEL WHICH IMPLEMENTS THE HIGHER LEVEL COGNITIVE BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUMAN CAPACITY FOR SELF-DIRECTION, AUTOCRITICISM, AND ADAPTATION. PRESENT COMPUTER MODELS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR…
Descriptors: Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Computers
FOSTER, ALBERT B.; FOX, ADRIAN C. – 1961
THIS PUBLICATION WAS PREPARED BY THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE FOR USE WITH YOUTH GROUPS. VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS ARE PRESENTED WHICH CAN BE USED TO DEVELOP CONCEPTS ABOUT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION. IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS OF DEMONSTRATING THESE ACTIVITIES, MANY OF THE CONCEPTS ARE PICTORIALLY ILLUSTRATED. THE ACTIVITIES…
Descriptors: Activities, Agricultural Education, Concept Formation, Conservation Education
BROWN, JOHN H.; HENRY, GEORGE H.
AN ENDEAVOR TO PULL TOGETHER FINDINGS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES ON THE NATURE OF THINKING, CREATING FROM THESE A HYPOTHESIS ON THE TEACHING OF THINKING AND THEN TESTING TO WHAT EXTENT IT IS VALID IN THE CLASSROOM, IS PRESENTED. A DEFINITION OF METHOD IN EDUCATION IS GIVEN. THE SPECIFIC ASPECT OF METHOD PROBED HERE IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, English
MASSAD, CAROLYN EMRICK; AND OTHERS – 1966
ELEVEN ENGLISH-SPANISH BILINGUAL COLLEGE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A WORD-ASSOCIATION STUDY. EACH SUBJECT WAS PRESENTED 35 STIMULI IN EACH OF FOUR CONDITIONS--PRINTED ENGLISH WORDS FOR ENGLISH RESPONSES, PICTURES FOR ENGLISH RESPONSES, PRINTED SPANISH WORDS FOR SPANISH RESPONSES, AND PICTURES FOR SPANISH RESPONSES. THE SPANISH-PRINTED WORDS WERE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingualism, Concept Formation, English
