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Written by experienced teachers and educational researchers Phillip Adey and Michael Shayer, Really Raising Standards analyses attempts to teach children to think more effectively and efficiently. Their practical advice on how to improve children's performance by the application of the findings of the CASE research project will radically alter the approach of many professional teachers and student teachers as to the education of children in schools. An important contribution to the application of psychological theory in education.
Hopkins, Bruce Joyce, Michael Huberman, Matthew Miles, and Virginia Richardson. But we have chosen to present our own experience and empirical data first and then, in Part 3, to show how this experience and data relates to models which have been proposed by others. We will address here methodological issues concerned with collecting and interpreting evidence of relationships amongst the many individual and situational factors associated with PD, and re-visit the arguments about ‘process-product’ research on PD. In the light of our experience, we will interrogate models of PD which have been proposed by others and attempt to move forward our total understanding of the process of the profe...
At present few children realise their true potential. This work describes how children's general ability to process information - their intelligence - can be significantly improved by appropriate cognitive acceleration methods.
As Ben Goldacre’s Guardian Bad Science column debunks popular scientific myths, this book aims to do the same for education myths and unjustified claims.
Thinking Science is a series of science activities that have been shown to dramatically improve students' performance. The third edition of this comprehensive resource is designed to accelerate cognitive development. The easy-to-use, photocopiable, paper-based file and brand new CD-ROM will accelerate students towards exam success by developing the general thinking skills that are required in science.
This book is a ring-binder containing a 32 page self-cover teachers' book, a 16 page self-cover technicians' guide and 160 loose-leaf student sheets. There are worksheets for the recording of observations and data and additional workcards giving instructions for practicals and homework.
"[The] Let's Think! handbook includes contributions from a wide range of cognitive acceleration specialists, supported by case studies reflecting practice in the UK and internationally. The Let's Think! series of cognitive acceleration resources is based on an understanding of the development of a child's thinking. It helps children to make the transition to higher levels of thinking and learning, accelerating their cognitive development."--Back cover.
This book examines research into the development of cognition and personality in adolescence. It addresses the implications of developmental research for the science curriculum and the effects of science teaching on pupils' development.
Introducing Human Geographies is the leading guide to human geography for undergraduate students, explaining new thinking on essential topics and discussing exciting developments in the field. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and coverage is extended with new sections devoted to biogeographies, cartographies, mobilities, non-representational geographies, population geographies, public geographies and securities. Presented in three parts with 60 contributions written by expert international researchers, this text addresses the central ideas through which human geographers understand and shape their subject. Part I: Foundations engages students with key ideas that defin...