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Presseisen, Barbara Z. – 1985
The conceptual focus of this study centers on a key aspect of improved schooling: the development of sophisticated thinkers in the K-12 sequence of education. The document is organized into four major sections. The first section describes how the theoretical bases of a thinking skills program are developed and rooted in the literature. In section…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education
Bulloch, Linda R. – 1977
The document describes a South Carolina Study Project involving high school students in making decisions relating to their school communities. The project encouraged students to examine and evaluate the ways in which they formed opinions, made value decisions, and checked out the validity of their facts. Students were given training in using…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Educational Improvement