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Peer reviewedMeehan, Eugene J. – Gifted International, 1987
The article presents a generalized program for improving critical judgment and facilitating intellectual progress in gifted students. It examines the development of a critical base of knowledge, generalizing past experience into a theoretical base, and applying a theory of knowledge in education. Examples from adult and elementary programs are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology
Bruer, John T. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1993
Research of cognitive scientists is resulting in new learning theories through which students can move from novice to expert. How cognitive scientists work and how their results are applied are discussed. Reciprocal teaching, as implemented in the Springfield (Illinois) schools, provides an example of a successful research-based technique. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Research, Educational Theories
