- Concrete Operational Stage
At this site you will find a succinct outline of the characteristics of Piaget's concrete operational stage of cognitive development. Also included are suggestions for how teachers can apply these characteristics in the classroom.
- Learning Strategies Database
The Center for Advancement of Learning at Muskingum College has created a comprehensive Web site with detailed information on learning strategies. It also contains excellent descriptive information on information processing theory.
- Memory Techniques
This site contains a plethora of articles on various memory techniques and their applications.
- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) is a non-profit organization founded by a group of parents in l987. The mission of CHADD is to provide advocacy, support, and education that will improve the lives of people suffering with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD).
- The National Right to Read Foundation
The National Right to Read Foundation supports a return to the use of phonics in reading instruction. While at this site, visit the link to Research to read some of the research supporting instruction in phonics.
- Mathematics for Parents
This site is part of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research website. Cognitively Guided Instruction is a teaching philosophy developed at the University of Wisconsin that emphasizes teaching mathematics for understanding. This web page contains newsletters that help parents understand how their children think about mathematics.
- Intelligence Theory and Testing
This site, created at Indiana University, provides an overview of the influence of various individuals on the development of intelligence theory and testing. You can click on Hot Topics to learn more about controversies in the field of intelligence testing, including The Bell Curve and the Flynn Effect. Click on New and Emerging Theories to find information on Gardener's theory of multiple intelligences or Sternberg's triarchic theory of human intelligence.
- Robert J. Sternberg
This site provides a brief biography of Robert J. Sternberg. Sternberg developed the triarchic theory of intelligence.
- Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
This article, which is part of the ERIC database, names and describes the seven intelligences that comprise Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. The textbook states that the evidence for the independence of Gardner's eight intelligences is weak, yet Gardner's theory has had quite an influence on education.
- Rising IQ Scores
Written by a well-known cognitive psychologist, this article from American Scientist discusses IQ trends and explores various explanations for them.
- The Bell Curve
This website provides many links to sites related to the book The Bell Curve, including many of the criticisms that have been leveled at it.
- Authentic Assessment
Authentic assessment involves measuring intellectual progress by examining students' real performance in school over time. Such approaches attempt to reduce potential bias that come with standardized testing.
- Acquiring English as a Second Language
This article describes the steps that a child goes through as he or she acquires a second language, including the loss of the first language if it isn't reinforced. However it also describes the benefits of acquiring a second language.
- National Association for Bilingual Education
The National Association for Bilingual Education is an organization of educators, public citizens, and students devoted to increasing public understanding of the importance of bilingual education.
- Center for Applied Linguistics
The Center for Applied Linguistics is a nonprofit organization of educators and scholars devoted to improving communication through the understanding of language and culture.
- Learning Centered Classrooms
This page describes the educational philosophy underlying a constructivist classroom and provide suggestions for how to implement these ideas.
- Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion
The National Association of School Psychologists has issued this position statement on grade retention and social promotion.
- Math and Science Classrooms: Building a Community of Learners
This pamphlet provides detailed information that educators could use to bring the concept of creating a "community of learners" into a classroom.
- Division on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children
Organization of teachers of the mentally retarded aimed at advancing education, research, and public education.
- Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children is an organization that aims to improve the educational outcomes for gifted students and students with disabilities through education research and advocacy.
- Learning Disabilities Association
The Learning Disabilities Association of America is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the lives of individuals affected by learning disabilities through advocacy, education, research and service. The link to Fact Sheets provides information on learning disabilities.
- Circle of Inclusion
This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to inform parents and educators about effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth to age eight. Clicking on Why Inclusion? and on Benefits of Preschool Inclusive Services describes the benefits to children with and without disabilities of inclusive programs.
- National Association of Gifted Children
The National Association for Gifted Children is an organization of scholars, educators, and librarians devoted to advancing education for gifted children. This association also publishes the journal Gifted Child Quarterly.
- Creativity in Young Children
This article from the ERIC Digest defines creativity and describes ways that adults can encourage and support creativity in children.
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