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Swenson, Lee – Media and Methods--Exploration in Education, 1972
Author suggests specific ways to re-awaken high school students' curiosity and teach them how to ask questions which will increase their intellectual powers and broaden their awareness of the world about them and the significance of their studies. (PD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curiosity, Inquiry, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedJohnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Review of Educational Research, 1979
Research indicates that classroom controversy facilitates student problem solving, creativity, perspective taking, epistemic curiosity, conceptual conflict, and transition in stages of cognitive and moral reasoning. Thus, creating controversy is an important teaching strategy for increasing learning and intellectual development. Conditions…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict
