Re: [tips] Can Thinking Be Learned?

2011-02-15 Thread michael sylvester
Can Thinking Be Learned?Is there some kind of controversy here since  Piaget 
postulated that the nature of thinkin was age dependent?
And re cognitive acceleration will the "only use 5% of our brain" folks have 
reason to stand their ground?

Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida

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[tips] Can Thinking Be Learned?

2011-02-15 Thread Richard Hake
Some subscribers to TIPS and TeachEdPsych might be interested in two 
recent posts that answer "YES" to the   question "CAN THINKING BE 
LEARNED?: "Re: Cognitive Acceleration" [Hake (2011a)] and 
"Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment"  [Hake (2011b)]. A combined 
abstract is:

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ABSTRACT: Paul Lulai of the PhysLrnR list stated that when he 
searched for materials on "Cognitive Acceleration" he found none that 
would even provide a glimpse.   As of 14 Feb 11:10:00-0800 Lulai's 
post had initiated a 18-post thread on PhysLrnR. 

In the first post "Re: Cognitive Acceleration" [Hake (2011a)] at 
, I give eleven academic references to the work 
of Adey & Shayer on "Cognitive Acceleration," a program designed to 
promote student's thought processes from "concrete" to "formal" 
abstract thinking.

In the second post "Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment" [Hake 
(2011b)] at , I list seventeen academic 
references related to the work of Reuven Feuerstein on "Instrumental 
Enrichment." Feuerstein's work complements and is consistent with 
"Cognitive Acceleration" since both work under the premise that 
thinking skills can be learned..
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To access the complete:

a.  12 kB first post "Re: Cognitive Acceleration" [Hake (2011a)] 
please click on ;

b. 18 kB second post "Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment" [Hake 
(2011b)] please click on  .

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
   Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)






If you try to introduce people to a paradigm shift, they will hear 
what you have to say and then interpret your words in terms of their 
old paradigm. What does not fit, they will not hear. Therefore, a 
change in paradigm cannot be brought about by talking. People have to 
experience the change, or at a minimum see other people experiencing 
it, before they will begin to understand what you are saying."
  Myron Tribus  (2001)

"David Langford, illustrates the difference between teaching and 
learning in a little story. He says, 'You know, last Wednesday I 
taught my dog to whistle. I really did. I taught him to whistle. It 
was hard work. I really went at it very hard.  But I taught him to 
whistle. Of course, he didn't learn, but I taught.' "
 Myron Tribus (2001)


Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
   Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)







REFERENCES [URL's shortened by  and accessed on 15 Feb 2011.]
Hake, R.R. 2011a. "Re: Cognitive Acceleration," online on the OPEN! 
AERA-L archives at . Post of 14 Feb 2011 
10:18:46-0800 to AERA-L and Net-Gold.  The abstract and link to the 
complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists are 
also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at   
with a provision for comments.

Hake, R.R. 2011b. "Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment," online on 
the OPEN! AERA-L archives at . Post of 14 Feb 
2011 16:33:00-0800 to AERA-L and and Net-Gold.  The abstract and link 
to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion 
lists are also online on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at 
 with a provision for comments.

Tribus, M. 2001.  "Quality in Education According to the Teachings of 
Deming and Feuerstein," online as a 78 kB pdf at 
.

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