Standard and Basic
The Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment Standard program is a cognitive intervention/enrichment that can be used both individually and in a classroom framework. Feuerstein uncovered the needs for specific teaching methods (Mediated Learning Experience) that would ground his work in an educational format. To this end, he developed 14 pencil and paper tasks (known as tools or instruments), with increasing difficulty and which are independent of any content. These content free tasks are designed to be used by trained educators to increase cognitive function and build habits for effective and efficient thinking in students. When a child is weak in use of any functions, for whatever reason, it is necessary that a teacher or other helping professional mediate the development.
Read more about this topic: Reuven Feuerstein, Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment Programs
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