Their thinking has reflected age-related cognitive theory about college students explained by Perry--that appropriate classroom management can foster
cognitive growth revealed through student writing.
Research is needed, however, to determine what components of counseling experience contribute to
cognitive growth. A number of our practitioners held advanced degrees or were enrolled in doctoral work.
As previously mentioned, a child's early
cognitive growth and development is at risk when parents do not plan for preschool attendance, literature and technology accessibility, and cultural exposure (Lee and Burkam 2002).
Three of the subscales have 11 items (Sensitivity to Cues, Response to Distress, Social-Emotional Growth Fostering) and one has 17 items (
Cognitive Growth Fostering).
The 12-step program provides several of Sprinthall's (1994) conditions for
cognitive growth. For example, clients achieve the role-taking experience by taking on the role of a recovering individual, and they achieve a balance between the tasks of the new role and time for reflection through group discussions at 12-step meetings, through individual discussions with a sponsor, and through the use of written "step work." Support is provided through attendance at 12-step meetings and social activities with others in the program and through involvement with formal counseling.
The above discussion of the distinctions between the developmentalists' perspective of
cognitive growth as interpreted through the modernist lens and our adapted concept of liminality is summarized in Figure 4.
The NCAST Teaching scale is comprised of 73 binary items across four caregiver behavior subscales: sensitivity to cues (11 items), response to distress (11 items), social-emotional growth fostering (11 items), and
cognitive growth fostering (17 items).
Erickson and O'Conner's (2000) more accurate portrayal of the relationship between cross-cultural contact and service-learning can provide some possible explanations for our findings, and assist service-learning practitioners in designing service experiences that maximize the potential for those individuals, who are open to social
cognitive growth, to experience positive change.
Knowing and Understanding Students Competent music teachers have knowledge and understanding of students' physical, social and
cognitive growth and their past musical experiences.
Most
cognitive growth occurs when campers are faced with new, somewhat difficult circumstances.
They are particularly well-suited for kids with disabilities as tools for both motor skills and
cognitive growth. (A word of warning: children with pica should be carefully monitored so as not to put the small pieces in their mouths.)
Chapters include: adolescents in social context; adolescents in theoretical context; adolescents in ethnic context; sexual maturation and physical growth; body image; traditional views of
cognitive growth -- Piaget and Elkind; intelligence, information processing, and decision making; self-concept, identity, ethnicity, and gender; sexual values, behavior, and education; adolescent society, culture, and subculture; social development, relationships, dating, nonmarital cohabitation, and marriage; development of moral judgment, character, values, beliefs, and behavior; adolescents and their families; divorced, parent-absent, and blended families; education and school; work and vocation; adolescent alienation; and substance abuse, addiction, and dependency.
