Really Raising Standards: Cognitive intervention and academic achievementWritten 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. |
Contents
A review of intervention programmes | |
Features of successful intervention | |
Case The development and delivery of a programme | |
Evaluating the programme | |
Implications for models of the mind | |
Other domains other ages | |
Changing practice | |
Really raising standards | |
Added value | |
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Really Raising Standards: Cognitive Intervention and Academic Achievement Philip Adey,Michael Shayer No preview available - 2016 |
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