Psychology of Education: Major Themes, Vol. III - The school curriculum (Major Writings in Education)

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This set is comprised of four volumes, covering the following topics:* Schools, teachers and parents * Pupils and learning * The school curriculum * School behaviour and the school peer group The selected pieces include review articles as well as original studies. Selections includes contributions from North America, the UK, continental Europe, Australasia and Japan (all in the English Language).

Author(s): Peter K. Smith
Edition: 1
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 2780

Preliminaries......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
61 From utterance to text......Page 14
62 What no bedtime story means narrative skills at home and school......Page 43
63 Schooling for literacy a review of research on teacher effectiveness and school effectiveness and its implications for contemporary educational policies......Page 72
64 Rhyme and alliteration phoneme detection and learning to read......Page 92
65 Word recognition the interface of educational policies and scientific research......Page 112
66 Understanding of causal expressions in skilled and less skilled text comprehenders......Page 140
67 A quasi experimental validation of transactional strategies instruction with low achieving second grade readers......Page 152
68 Understanding reading comprehension current and future contributions of cognitive science......Page 197
69 Developing mathematical knowledge......Page 234
70 Mathematics in the streets and in schools......Page 250
71 Fostering cognitive growth a perspective from research on mathematics learning and instruction......Page 262
72 Sociomathematical norms argumentation and autonomy in mathematics......Page 282
73 Sex differences in mathematical ability fact or artifact......Page 305
74 The acquisition of conceptual knowledge in science by primary School Children......Page 314
75 On the complex relation between cognitive developmental research and children’s science curricula......Page 337
76 Qualitative changes in intuitive biology......Page 353
77 Developing understanding while writing essays in history......Page 379
78 Generative teaching an enhancement strategy for the learning of economics in cooperative groups......Page 392
79 Research on expert performance and deliberate practice......Page 410
80 How can Chinese children draw so well......Page 430
81 Bilingualism and education......Page 452
82 Challenging established views on social issues the power and limitations of research......Page 466
83 Annotation: computers for learning: psychological perspectives......Page 490
84 Hypermedia as an educational technology a review of the quantitative research literature on learner comprehension control and style......Page 507
85 Research on cooperative learning and achievement......Page 544
86 Cooperative learning in classrooms processes and outcomes......Page 573
87 Cooperative learning and peer tutoring an overview......Page 589
89 Kohlberg’s dormant ghosts the case of education......Page 626
90 Are we teaching what they need to learn?......Page 654