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Peer reviewedTama, M. Carrol – Journal of Reading, 1989
Argues that educators have the intent and the means to develop students who can reason and reflect across all content areas. Outlines three principles involved in teaching critical thinking. (RS)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Skill Development
Peer reviewedAuten, Anne – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reports on programs and activities designed to teach thinking skills either as a separate school subject or as a strand in a content area. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Download full textEllis, Thomas I. – Research Roundup, 1988
This pamphlet reviews five reports that highlight an emerging consensus among researchers about the value of systematically incorporating cognitive instruction into the elementary school curriculum. First is a comprehensive framework by Robert J. Marzano and C. L. Hutchins for an integrated approach to thinking skills that has been developed and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking
Maiorana, Victor P. – 1995
Designed to provide students with an applied, portable, and transferable framework for integrating academic and career/occupational studies, this books uses a "whole learning" perspective to teach students to think, read, write, listen, speak, and problem-solve within the context of their academic and career subject matter. The book…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Class Activities, College Students
Harwood, Angela M.; Hahn, Carole L. – 1990
The essence of a healthy democracy is open dialogue about issues of public concern. An integral part of the training of young citizens, therefore, includes the discussion of controversial social, political, and economic policies. The use of classroom discussions as a pedagogical technique to examine controversial issues is explored by considering:…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Fellenz, Robert A.; Conti, Gary J. – 1989
The focus of the adult education field is shifting to adult learning. Current trends are the continued development of the concepts of andragogy and self-directed learning, increased emphasis on learning how to learn, and real-life learning. Cognitive psychology is influencing work in adult learning. The concept of intelligence as it relates to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Processes
Lazere, Donald – 1987
Noting that college-level critical thinking instruction is now an interdisciplinary movement coordinating such fields as English, rhetoric, philosophy, and developmental psychology, this digest surveys the history of critical thinking studies in these converging disciplines and argues that literature study preeminently encompasses the mental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, College English, Critical Thinking
