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Price, Hugh B. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008
All of the ideas and advice you can get on research-based school improvement don't matter if your community does not address norms that discourage and dishonor academic achievement. Fortunately, here's a book with lots of successful examples from real schools that shows how educators can collaborate with others to reverse poor motivation, reward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Honor Societies, Financial Support
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Pradl, Gordon M.; Mayher, John S. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Keeping a journal of classroom experiences can help students express their understandings of the concepts they learn in school and how the lessons relate to their own lives. An eight-item reference list is provided. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes
Meyers, Chet – 1986
The teaching of critical thinking is discussed, based on the view that methods of teaching critical thinking vary from discipline to discipline. After covering basic concepts related to teaching critical thinking, a framework to examine the process of critical thinking is presented, based on cognitive science and developmental theory, especially…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, College Instruction