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ERIC Number: EJ324500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Facilitating Cognitive Development.
Schwebel, Milton
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, v15 n2 p155-72 1985
Human cognition research is shifting away from the importance of IQ and is emphasizing the stimulation and acceleration of a child's mental development. The emerging field of instructional psychology is trying to facilitate cognitive development. Current experimental programs--a university-school project in Belgium and a family project in Venezuela--are described. (RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Education, Developmental Stages, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Role, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Belgium; Instructional Psychology; Venezuela