Really Raising Standards - Cognitive Intervention and Academic Achievement

The authors explore the psychological theory underlying methods of intervention in cognitive development and show how the practical expression of such methods can lead to long-term gains in academic achievement in ordinary schools.

List of contents

Preface 1. Learning, development and intervention 2. Describing and measuring cognitive development 3. A review of intervention programmes 4. Features of successful intervention 5. The development and delivery of a programme 6. Evaluating the programme 7. Implications for the models of the mind 8. Other domains, other ages 9. Changing practice 10. Really raising standards Appendix: Added value

About the author

Philip Adey and Michael Shayer have worked as science teachers, curriculum developers, teacher educators and researchers for over 30 years. Philip Adey is now Senior Lecturer in Science Education at King's College, London. Michael Shayer is Director of the CASE III project. They are the authors of the successful Towards a Science of Science Teaching (1981).

Summary

The authors explore the psychological theory underlying methods of intervention in cognitive development and show how the practical expression of such methods can lead to long-term gains in academic achievement in ordinary schools.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Adey, Philip Shayer Adey, Adey Philip, MICHAEL Shayer, Shayer Michael
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138137424
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13742-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology