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Is Reading On The Decline In Schools?
No full textA new report indicates that school pupils are reading less than in previous years, and that less time is allocated to reading in schools. Professor Keith J Topping examines the report and suggests what leadership teams should learn from it
Is Reading On The Decline In Schools?
No full textA new report indicates that school pupils are reading less than in previous years, and that less time is allocated to reading in schools. Professor Keith J Topping examines the report and suggests what leadership teams should learn from it
Metacognition Across The Curriculum (Part 2)
No full textIn this third article in our metacognition series, Professor Keith Topping explores even more ways in which metacognition is used in schools and further education.<br/
Metacognition Across The Curriculum (Part 2)
No full textIn this third article in our metacognition series, Professor Keith Topping explores even more ways in which metacognition is used in schools and further education.<br/
An Introduction To Metacognition
No full textWhat is metacognition? How does it enhance the learning of both students and teachers, and how can it be taught? Professor Keith Topping presents an introduction to a series of articles on this valuable pedagogical tool
Metacognition In Traditional Subjects
No full textWhere is metacognitive intervention already being used in education, and what effects is it having? Professor Keith Topping examines several enlightening studies in this first article in our metacognition series
An Introduction To Metacognition
No full textWhat is metacognition? How does it enhance the learning of both students and teachers, and how can it be taught? Professor Keith Topping presents an introduction to a series of articles on this valuable pedagogical tool
Metacognition In Traditional Subjects
No full textWhere is metacognitive intervention already being used in education, and what effects is it having? Professor Keith Topping examines several enlightening studies in this first article in our metacognition series
Paired reading - and parent power
No full textKeith Topping, educational psychologist and leader of the Kirklees Paired Reading Project, Gill McKnight, teacher with special responsibility for reading and language at Lydgate School, New Mills, Huddersfield, describe a new reading projec
Theoretical frameworks for the learning of geometrical reasoning
No full textWith the growth in interest in geometrical ideas it is important to be clear about the nature of geometrical reasoning and how it develops. This paper provides an overview of three theoretical frameworks for the learning of geometrical reasoning: the van Hiele model of thinking in geometry, Fischbein’s theory of figural concepts, and Duval’s cognitive model of geometrical reasoning. Each of these frameworks provides theoretical resources to support research into the development of geometrical reasoning in students and related aspects of visualisation and construction. This overview concludes that much research about the deep process of the development and the learning of visualisation and reasoning is still needed
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