ERIC Number: EJ374935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Assessment and Development of Potential of High School Pupils in the Third World Context of Kwa Zulu/Natal.
Wallace, Belle
Gifted Education International, v5 n2 p72-78 1988
Causes of cognitive underdevelopment in Zulu children and the cognitive functions necessary for efficient school learning are outlined. To assess potential for learning and to remediate cognitive underfunctioning, 20 secondary students analyzed, organized, and reproduced a complex geometric figure. Positive effects were evident following specific mediation training. (JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Developing Nations, Diagnostic Teaching, Etiology, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Geometric Constructions, Learning Problems, Learning Strategies, Low Achievement, Remedial Instruction, Secondary Education, Slow Learners, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Underachievement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mediated Instruction; South Africa (Natal); Zulu
