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Keller, J. Gregory – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
Critical thinking skills are crucial for both academic and everyday life. This paper presents the author's Text Analysis Matrix (TAM), a model for developing skills for the critical examination of texts. The TAM guidelines involve finding and clarifying the main claims of a text, discovering and assessing arguments, uncovering the implications for…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Ethics, Thinking Skills, Introductory Courses
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Izquierdo, Merce; Marquez, Conxita; Gouvea, Guaracira – Science Education International, 2008
The present study relates to a research line in didactics of science that focuses on the function that sign systems or semiotic modes have in communicative interactions in science classrooms. The study was conducted by 20 secondary and university science teachers who belong to the same research group LIEC ("Language and Science…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Science Education, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation
Tetlan, W. Lou – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined whether the design of textbook material affects comprehension and memory of textbook material under certain cognitive conditions for proficient and remedial readers. Using quantitative and qualitative research methods, format was found to significantly affect comprehension and memory. Proficient Male scored significantly…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Textbook Content, Technical Institutes, Textbooks