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Not just Piaget; not just Vygotsky, and certainly not Vygotsky as alternative to Piaget
Michael Shayer
Learning and Instruction Vol. 13, No. 5 (2003) pp. 465–485
There have been many interpretations published on the relative importance of the work of both Vygotsky and Piaget: often to the detriment of the latter. This article represents an attempt to discover the meaning and intention of the former by going...
Language: English
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Realising the cognitive potential of children 5–7 with a mathematics focus
Michael Shayer; Mundher Adhami
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 39, No. 7 pp. 743–775
This paper describes the application of theories underlying research-in-progress intended to enhance substantially the cognitive development of children in the first two years of Primary school. The intervention is delivered partly in the context of ...
Language: English
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Can we be intelligent about intelligence?: Why education needs the concept of plastic general ability
Philip Adey; Benő Csapó; Andreas Demetriou; Jarkko Hautamäki; Michael Shayer
Educational Research Review Vol. 2, No. 2 pp. 75–97
The notion of general cognitive ability (or ‘intelligence’) is explored and why the time might now be ripe for educators to re-consider the power offered by a general intellectual capacity which is itself amenable to educational influence. We review ...
Language: English