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Download full textGough, Deborah – Research Roundup, 1991
This document summarizes five studies that offer insight into the nature of higher-order thinking skills and the most effective methods for teaching them to students. The reviews outline the conclusions, definitions, recommendations, specific methods of teaching, instructional strategies, and programs detailed in the documents themselves.…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Turner, A. Richard – 1980
It is postulated that an understanding of the arts is essential in liberal education. In an essay Richard Turner states that on many campuses there is little effort made to integrate the liberal and creative arts in the curriculum. Some critical factors are suggested for achieving a strong position for the arts in liberal education, and a group of…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Education, College Curriculum, Creative Expression
Wiener, Harvey, Ed.; Maimon, Elaine, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
Descriptions of comprehensive writing programs at nine colleges and universities and an essay on the topic are presented. Comprehensive writing programs transcend a single department or discipline and are designed to enhance liberal learning. Such programs not only teach students to write in the appropriate modes of various disciplines, but also…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, College Students, Competency Based Education
PDF pending restorationCarpenter, Don A., Ed. – Focus: A Forum on Teaching and Learning in Utah Community Colleges, 1992
Designed as a forum on teaching and learning in Utah's two-year institutions, this annual publication issues a yearly call to faculty, administrators, students and others for papers on any matters of interest to Utah's community colleges. This 1992 issue of "Focus" includes the following articles: (1) "Videocassette as Text and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1991
This issue of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Dear Andrei--Dear Patricia: International Education in English Composition I," by Robert Kilmer; (2) "The Cultivation of Critical Thinking: Some Tools and Techniques," by Russell Crescimanno; (3) "Assessment Partnership: A Model for Two-Year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Accounting, Administrative Organization
All Write News, 1989
This document consists of 1-year's worth of a bimonthly newsletter containing news and information about adult literacy and adult basic education for practitioners. These six issues contain professional information, employment notices, and articles on the following topics: working in adult basic education; a conference on learner participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking
Wieczorek, Joseph A., Ed. – Mid-Atlantic Journal of Foreign Language Pedagogy, 1993
Papers from the conference include the following: "Activites orales et motivation dans l'etude du vocabulaire d'une langue etrangere (Oral Activities and Motivation in the Study of Vocabulary in a Foreign Language)" (M. Guisset); "Bridging High School and College Classes through the Multicultural Approach: The Case of Francophone…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Art, Community Colleges, Conversational Language Courses
