Are Parents' and Children's Thinking Styles Related?

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Fang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Thinking Styles ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Chinese Secondary School Students ◽  
Children’S Thinking

This study extends the investigation of the validity of Sternberg's theory of mental self-government to mainland Chinese secondary school students and their parents. The assumption of a ‘socialization effect’ underlying the theory was subjected to broader investigation. 232 students and their parents responded to a range of demographic questions and to the Thinking Styles Inventory which is based on Sternberg's theory. The two major findings are that (1) Sternberg's theory is valid with both samples, and (2) students' thinking styles are related not only to their personal factors, e.g., sex, grade, and self-rated abilities, but also to their parents' thinking styles. These findings have implications for school teachers and counselors as well as for parents.

scholarly journals PBL Teaching Method through Cooperative Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Eduardo Dopico ◽  
Dolores Pevida
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students

The challenges proposed by the knowledge society requires a change of mentality and routines of our students. Consequently, a shift is also needed in the role played by teachers in their education. 34 secondary school teachers from three Spanish high schools, from Ceuta, Madrid and Asturias, working as part of a network, began to introduce project-based learning (PBL) and cooperative learning to facilitate this change. We analyze the correlations between the beliefs and the attitudes of teachers when they were initiating a methodological transition in their patterns of teaching. At the same time, we compare the competencies and strategies related with PBL that 372 secondary school students from these high schools consider being personally important with those who they believe necessary to improve their learning or to be successful with academic requirements.

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