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Peer reviewedSavell, Joel M.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1986
This paper examines reports of empirical research on Feuerstein's "Instrumental Enrichment" (FIE) as a method of teaching thinking skills and asks what can be concluded from these reports with regard to: (1) the nature and statistical reliability observed FIE effects and (2) the "amount" of FIE for effects to appear.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFord, Nigel – Review of Educational Research, 1981
The question of whether skills in achieving understanding and retention of information at high levels of abstraction can be taught is addressed by analyzing some of the mental processes involved, and briefly reviewing a number of attempts that have been made to induce these processes. (Author)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
