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Martinelli, Kenneth J. – School Administrator, 1987
Discusses the progression of critical thinking skills from least difficult to most difficult. The hierarchy begins with "basic abilities," the next level is creativity and critical thinking, and the highest level is "problem solving." The entire process is called metacognition. Includes a chart outlining the developmental sequence and a list of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedMontgomery, James W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article examines the construct of working memory and its relationship to sentence comprehension difficulties of children with specific language impairment. Some sentence comprehension problems of these children may be related to inefficient management of working memory resources. Techniques for assessing working memory and enhancing the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSolomon, Warren – Elementary School Journal, 1987
Identifies kinds of thinking that fit naturally into elementary social studies curricula, using models of thinking that are not complex. Models include general problem solving skills and skills pertaining to specific types of intellectual tasks, such as comprehending information, solving specific problems, researching topics, and making decisions.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Shick, Jacqueline – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1981
It is important that teachers test not only knowledge, but also comprehension, application, synthesis, and evaluation. Several suggestions for test items in physical education are presented. (CJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Physical Education
Download full textPrawat, Richard S. – 1990
In this paper, discussion covers three approaches to the fostering of higher level thinking in students: (1) the stand-alone approach, in which thinking skills are taught separately from subject matter content; (2) the embedding approach, in which thinking skills are explicitly taught in the context of subject matter content; and (3) the immersion…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Critical Thinking
Keller, Rodney D. – 1983
The process of getting a thought out of the mind and onto paper can be divided into five major categories: (1) discovering the word, (2) excavating the mythic word from the subconscious, (3) perceiving the word in the conscious, (4) verbalizing the expressed word, and (5) comprehending the unsaid word. When humans experience anything, their minds…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Higher Education, Metaphors
Carr, Thomas H., Ed. – 1985
Focusing on how children learn to read in a language they have previously only spoken, this book illustrates the skill theory of reading development, which encompasses both new perceptual processes and modified but familiar integrative cognitive processes of language comprehension. The chapters discuss the following aspects of learning to read:…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
