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Heather L. Schwartz; Melissa Kay Diliberti – RAND Corporation, 2024
Teaching deeper learning involves cultivating the critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills that students need to be successful in their college, career, and civic life. It also involves encouraging students to be active participants in their learning. Public schools across the United States often work to help students develop…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Administrator Surveys, School Districts
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Cathy Weng; Kifle Kassaw; Melese Astatke; Chichuan Yang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
This review examined the impact of online learning environments (OLE) on acquiring transferable skills (TS) through an analysis of 31 papers from the Web of Science database. Significant attention is given to critical thinking and communication skills, with moderate consideration given to creativity, problem-solving, and cooperation skills. Lesser…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Environment, Transfer of Training, Skill Development
Hine, Constant – Redleaf Press, 2019
"Transformational Coaching for Early Childhood Educators" is a reflective guidebook designed to help early childhood professionals strengthen their coaching skills and their ability to facilitate transformational learning in others. The goal of this program is for individuals to attain sustainable habits of selfreflection, critical…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Coaching (Performance), Early Childhood Teachers, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Reed, Samantha S.; Mullen, Carol A.; Boyles, Emily T. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2021
This book addresses Problem-based Learning (PBL) in elementary schools and reveals how this can promote elementary students' development in critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and citizenship, also known as the 5 Cs. Through teachers' interviews, the book explores which PBL strategies promote skills and knowledge gains…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Elementary School Students, Critical Thinking, Creative Thinking
Mocker, Donald W. – Lifelong Learning, 1983
Six suggestions are offered to help adult basic education teachers to develop adults' critical thinking skills. The suggestions recommend that teachers (1) seek reasons for an answer, (2) look for alternative answers, (3) take a passive role in discussion, (4) do not give an opinion unless asked, (5) ask students to back up their opinions, and (6)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Critical Thinking, Skill Development, Teacher Role
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Kender, Margaret G.; Kender, Joseph P. – NASPA Journal, 1991
Suggests that developing critical thinking skills is a priority in colleges and universities, that student affairs personnel share responsibility for this task, and that the two key critical thinking activities, examining assumptions and exploring alternatives, are natural to the out-of-class environment. Suggests specific strategies for…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Skill Development
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Munro, George; Slater, Allen – Social Education, 1985
A detailed explanation of a strategy for teaching any critical thinking skill is presented. The skill of distinguishing between statements of fact and opinion is used to illustrate the steps necessary to plan for teaching critical thinking. (RM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
de Bono, Edward – Curriculum Review, 1986
Suggests our society strongly needs thinking that is constructive, generative, and organizing; describes an educational program, CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust), which teaches creative thinking as a skill; and presents reasons for teaching thinking as a specific subject area. (MBR)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Trends, Problem Solving
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Hensen, J. Merrill – Clearing House, 1982
Proposes a new emphasis on teaching how to think. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Secondary Education
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McFarland, Mary A. – Social Education, 1985
Two strategies for teaching elementary students to distinguish relevant from irrelevant material are described. The word associates strategy provides students instruction in writing or stating a generalization that expresses the criteria for relevance. The defending a point of view strategy provides instruction in developing relevant arguments to…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Generalization, Learning Activities
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Beyer, Barry K. – Social Education, 1985
A framework for teaching critical thinking skills is presented, and specific strategies that can be used at key places in this framework are outlined. The framework requires that teachers employ direct, systematic instruction in critical thinking skills prior to, during, and following student introduction to these skills. (RM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Skill Development, Social Studies
O'Reilly, Kevin S. – New England Social Studies Bulletin, 1984
Described is a curriculum program in U.S. history, entitled the Project on History and Logic, specifically designed to improve critical thinking skills. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Guides, Secondary Education
Martinson, Tom L. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1981
Discusses the use of the Guided Design teaching method to teach college-level Latin American geography. This method allows the analysis of spatial patterns and processes and critical-thinking skills. (AM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Problem Solving
Taylor, William M. – 1986
A series of five writing assignments that focus on the critical thinking skills needed for the intelligent reading of political articles that appear in newspapers and popular magazines was developed for use in a political science course at Oakton Community College (Illinois). Each of the assignments begins with a lesson that teaches the specific…
Descriptors: Assignments, Critical Thinking, Political Science, Reading Processes
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Kossack, Sharon – Journal of Reading, 1986
Encourages use of the newspaper to remediate skills in older nonreaders. Proposes teaching essential reading skills concomitant with basic voting procedures so that nonreading adults will be able to function in society and describes seven activities requiring use of critical, literal and inferential skills. (JK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Critical Thinking, Newspapers
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