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Hughes, Thomas M.; Costner, Mary – 1987
In the pursuit of the question as to whether there are significant relationships between certain measures of personality and abstract or critical thinking, it was believed that should significant relationships exist, they may prove useful as one of the factors among several used in the selection of teachers. A paucity of literature citations…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Egocentrism, Motivation
Le Storti, Anthony J. – 1997
This bulletin offers guidelines to help parents and teachers improve the thinking skills of gifted children. It stresses the importance of encouraging thinking through the use of evocative questions, distinguishes between and defines critical thinking and creative thinking, and offers suggested questions to prompt either creative/divergent…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking