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Download full textSahamid, Husniah – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
The ability to cite reasons, to justify claims and give support to arguments is seen as primary characteristics of a critical thinker. This paper discusses how the "Elements of Reasoning" is employed with Socratic Questioning to develop critical thinking in the language classroom. The principles that guide the questioning are laid out…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning
Brown, Kevin – CEA Forum, 2015
In this article, the author describes his project to take every standardized exam English majors students take. During the summer and fall semesters of 2012, the author signed up for and took the GRE General Test, the Praxis Content Area Exam (English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge), the Senior Major Field Tests in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College English, Test Preparation, Standardized Tests
Peer reviewedSeidenberg, Pearl L.; Bernstein, Deena K. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1988
The performance of third- and fifth-grade good and poor readers was compared. Results indicated that while there were no significant differences in literal comprehension, there were significant differences between the groups on both the metaphor comprehension task and the metaphor-related language tasks. Metacognitive and instructional…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Education, Metacognition, Metaphors
Peer reviewedSam, Andrea; Wright, Ian – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
Modified dilemmas from the Kohlberg Moral Judgment Instrument were administered to 15 hearing-impaired students, aged 12-15. Analyses indicated that subjects reasoned at Stages 1-2, whereas Kohlberg's norms indicate that hearing peers reason at Stages 2-4. A positive correlation was found between subjects' average scores for moral reasoning and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comparative Analysis, Hearing Impairments, Junior High Schools
Martin, David S.; Jonas, Bruce S. – 1987
The study examined the effectiveness of a program to improve the cognitive skills of 91 hearing impaired college students. Experimental students received systematic cognitive instruction focusing on specific generalizable skills during the experimental period, several times per week, in the contexts of their regular college classes. Instructors of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, College Students
Direct linkWolfe, Paula – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2004
According to recent U.S. census reports, while the population of the United States increased by 10%, the population speaking languages other than English at home increased by 38% between 1980 and 1990. One in six of all youth in the United States, ages 14 to 19, either speaks a language other than English at home, was born in a foreign country, or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Ability, Minority Groups, English (Second Language)
