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Download full textKemler, William – 1990
When designing a program to improve the critical thinking skills of students, it is important to identify the specific learning outcomes for which to strive. In addition, the instructor must determine why students are not currently exhibiting the kind of critical thinking skills desired in order to develop the appropriate techniques and methods to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Smith, Steven W. – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1992
This report investigates the effectiveness of a metacognitive strategy in reducing anger behavior and/or aggressive acts in elementary and secondary-aged students placed in special education classes. Three separate studies were conducted with three elementary, three middle, and three high school students who were placed in special education…
Descriptors: Aggression, Anger, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedLurie, Elinore E.; Ovrebo, Beverly – Teaching Sociology, 1995
Describes the content and instructional techniques used in a college course on program evaluation. Discusses the use of cooperative learning methods and fieldwork as instructional strategies. Maintains that student evaluations indicate the course achieved its objectives. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions
Oliver, Helen; Utermohlen, Robert – 1995
College students in a Foundations of Education class at Rust College (Mississippi), a small historically black liberal arts college, were required in 1993 and again in 1994 to develop a modified personal strategic plan using critical thinking skills. The plan had four components: a family history; a present situation; a strengths, weaknesses,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Career Planning, College Students, Critical Thinking
Coolidge, Susan W. – 1989
A teaching team leader and second grade teacher designed and implemented a 10-week practicum intervention meant to improve the inferential comprehension of 105 second graders whose reading scores on the Ginn Mastery Tests revealed a gap between inferential and literal comprehension. It was reasoned that the gap would decrease if teachers were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Inferences
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1993
This guide offers a framework for making sound decisions among the range of available choices to maximize the educational opportunities of integrated students with disabilities. The framework permits programs to be classified according to their approaches to intervention and general characteristics. A planning process is presented for use in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Consultation Programs, Decision Making, Disabilities
Lang, Gay, Ed. – 1995
This volume is a catalogue of exemplary educational programs and includes current descriptions of most programs described in previous editions as well as new programs approved for national dissemination since publication of the last edition in 1994. In particular the volume describes programs approved by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
