Psychology of Education: Major Themes, Vol. III - The school curriculum (Major Writings in Education)

This set is comprised of four volumes, covering the following topics:\* Schools, teachers and parents \* Pupils and learning \* The school curriculum \* School behaviour and the school peer group The selected pieces include review articles as well as original studies. Selections includes contributions from North America, the UK, continental Europe, Australasia and Japan (all in the English Language). Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 6 61 From utterance to text......Page 14 62 What no bedtime story means narrative skills at home and school......Page 43 63 Schooling for literacy a review of research on teacher effectiveness and school effectiveness and its implications for contemporary educational policies......Page 72 64 Rhyme and alliteration phoneme detection and learning to read......Page 92 65 Word recognition the interface of educational policies and scientific research......Page 112 66 Understanding of causal expressions in skilled and less skilled text comprehenders......Page 140 67 A quasi experimental validation of transactional strategies instruction with low achieving second grade readers......Page 152 68 Understanding reading comprehension current and future contributions of cognitive science......Page 197 69 Developing mathematical knowledge......Page 234 70 Mathematics in the streets and in schools......Page 250 71 Fostering cognitive growth a perspective from research on mathematics learning and instruction......Page 262 72 Sociomathematical norms argumentation and autonomy in mathematics......Page 282 73 Sex differences in mathematical ability fact or artifact......Page 305 74 The acquisition of conceptual knowledge in science by primary School Children......Page 314 75 On the complex relation between cognitive developmental research and children’s science curricula......Page 337 76 Qualitative changes in intuitive biology......Page 353 77 Developing understanding while writing essays in history......Page 379 78 Generative teaching an enhancement strategy for the learning of economics in cooperative groups......Page 392 79 Research on expert performance and deliberate practice......Page 410 80 How can Chinese children draw so well......Page 430 81 Bilingualism and education......Page 452 82 Challenging established views on social issues the power and limitations of research......Page 466 83 Annotation: computers for learning: psychological perspectives......Page 490 84 Hypermedia as an educational technology a review of the quantitative research literature on learner comprehension control and style......Page 507 85 Research on cooperative learning and achievement......Page 544 86 Cooperative learning in classrooms processes and outcomes......Page 573 87 Cooperative learning and peer tutoring an overview......Page 589 89 Kohlberg’s dormant ghosts the case of education......Page 626 90 Are we teaching what they need to learn?......Page 654 This four volume set includes articles covering: school, teachers and parents; pupils and learning; the school curriculum; and school behaviour and the school peer group.