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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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Kurtz, Beth E.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
Teachers' reported instruction of strategies and metacognitive knowledge in the classroom, and their attributional beliefs about the reasons underlying children's academic successes/failures were studied, using 59 teachers from West Germany and 43 teachers from the United States. A 7-item questionnaire was administered. Implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies