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Sternberg, Robert J. | 1 |
Ulesky, Anita | 1 |
Zenke, Larry | 1 |
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Madgic, Robert F. – Educational Leadership, 1979
If the basics are used as vehicles for teaching students to think, for developing their intellectual powers, and hence for preparing them effectively for their futures, they merit their central position in the schools. (Author)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Logical Thinking

Lipman, Matthew – Educational Leadership, 1984
Argues that the best way to cultivate children's reasoning is to make philosophy an essential part of the elementary school curriculum. Philosophy alone provides the logical criteria for distinguishing better thinking from poorer. The author's "Philosophy for Children" program is described. (TE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education

Zenke, Larry; Alexander, Larry – Educational Leadership, 1984
Describes a thinking skills program in Oklahoma that has brought about a significant rise in achievement test scores. Teaching strategies are based on the premise that students learn new things based on the resemblance between new and familiar words and ideas. (TE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Heuristics

Morante, Edward A.; Ulesky, Anita – Educational Leadership, 1984
The New Jersey Task Force on Thinking has taken the first steps toward statewide assessment of students' thinking skills. Efforts were made to (1) define requisite thinking competencies, (2) explore measurement of thinking competencies, and (3) make recommendations accordingly. Preliminary findings are reported. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Tests, Critical Thinking

Bereiter, Carl – Educational Leadership, 1984
Condensing the teaching of cognitive strategies into a discrete instructional unit is self-defeating. Success in teaching thinking skills results when content objectives are contingent upon activities that also promote thinking and when thinking skills permeate the entire curriculum. (TE)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education

Sternberg, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 1984
Intelligence is here defined in terms of component processes, and three programs are reviewed that train aspects of intelligence as specified by this theory: Feuerstein's "Instrumental Enrichment," Lipman's "Philosophy for Children," and the "Chicago Mastery Learning" program. Central suggestions are provided for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies