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ERIC Number: EJ333785
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Cognitive Skill of Teaching.
Leinhardt, Gaea; Greeno, James G.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v78 n2 p75-95 Apr 1986
Teaching is characterized as a complex cognitive skill amenable to analysis in a manner similar to other skills described by cognitive psychology. A formal model of the process of instruction in elementary mathematics is presented and examined in light of empirical data from both expert and novice teachers. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Master Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Schemata (Cognition), Student Teachers, Teaching Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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