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Direct linkMiller, Donna L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Although the human mind resists confusion, this feeling of disequilibrium nurtures learning. Newkirk, the author quotes, says intelligence is not a matter of being smart--it is the capacity to view difficulty as an opportunity to stop, reassess, and employ strategies for making sense of problems. These same habits of mind define reflection, a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving, Reflection, Attitudes
Taylor, Denny – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
The recent Carvo/Chall phonics debate (in the September and November "Kappan" issues) reduces children's early literacy development to a battle over methods. Reductionist disagreements and simplistic notions about complex behaviors must yield to a theoretically grounded, unified approach to literacy learning and instructional practices.…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Emergent Literacy, Grade 3, Learning Processes
Egan, Kieran – Phi Delta Kappan, 1972
Discusses a way to teach coherent thought in subjects like history. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems, Constructed Response, Discovery Learning
