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Toppin, Ian N.; Chitsonga, Shadreck – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2016
The QEP that was implemented in this study focused on enhancing students' critical thinking skills. A pretest/posttest approach was used to assess students' critical thinking progress in freshman level core English and Math courses. An intervention was performed involving intensive instruction and assignments relating to a set of reasoning…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Maturity (Individuals), Academic Ability, Student Evaluation
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Kulikowich, Jonna M.; Alexander, Patricia A. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
The effects of domain-specific and strategic knowledge on analogy performance were studied for 64 gifted and 64 non gifted sixth grade and high school students. Males (n=66) and females (n=62) performed comparably on almost all dependent measures. Implications for instruction and assessment of both types of knowledge are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academically Gifted, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students