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Direct linkVan Dooren, Wim; Vamvakoussi, Xenia; Verschaffel, Lieven – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2018
Proportionality can be considered among the most important mathematical notions in the middle school math curriculum (grades 5 to 8). It is the capstone of elementary arithmetic, number, and measurement concepts, and at the same time one of the most elementary understandings one needs for more advanced mathematics. Understanding proportionality is…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Practices
Daugherty, Lindsay; Herman, Rebecca; Unlu, Fatih – RAND Corporation, 2017
The reauthorization of the U.S. Elementary and Secondary Education Act, referred to as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), emphasizes evidence-based initiatives while providing new flexibilities to states and districts with regard to the use of federal funds, including funds to promote effective school leadership. In response, state and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Principals, Leadership Responsibility
Download full textCenter for the Study of Social Policy, 2009
The "Policy Matters" project provides coherent, comprehensive information regarding the strength and adequacy of state policies affecting children, families, and communities. The project seeks to establish consensus among policy experts and state leaders regarding the mix of policies believed to offer the best opportunity for improving…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Welfare Services, State Government, Public Policy
Texley, Juliana – American School Board Journal, 1988
The educational value of courses in computer programing must be judged by sound curriculum criteria: they should fit a logical sequence of K-12 learning objectives, expose students to future career opportunities, and teach students reasoning skills. (TE)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Joan T. – American School Board Journal, 1986
Describes a debating program in a Pennsylvania high school, in order to show how debating can sharpen students' intellectual dexterity. Debate promotes critical thinking, careful listening, and effective use of library resources. (TE)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Debate, Elementary Secondary Education, Logical Thinking
Achieve, Inc., 2007
Achieve launched this study to help inform the decisions states are making about high school assessments by providing greater insights into the world of college admissions and placement testing. Achieve analyzed more than 2,000 questions from college admissions and placement exams to determine how these tests compare to one another and how well…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Placement, Mathematics Skills, College Admission
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Office of Federal Relations and Instructional Services. – 1986
Responding to the Colorado State Board of Education's request for recommendations concerning the need to improve humanities instruction and its relationship to the development of higher-order thinking skills, this task force report specifies a scope for humanities teaching; defines higher-order thinking skills as the ability to judge information,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanities
McMillen, Liz – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
The trend toward including instruction in critical and logical thinking as a required element in the college curriculum, and the various approaches to teaching it, are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, College Students, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedBaker, Dale R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Research focused on two factors that may be influencing females in choice of careers. Factors are role-specific self-concept in science and self-perception in terms of stereotypical masculine and feminine characteristics. Logical ability and mathematics and science courses were also examined as factors in career choice. Results of data for 177…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Careers, Females, Grade 10
Romberg, Thomas A., Ed.; Stewart, Deborah M., Ed. – 1987
This document is the second of three related volumes. They present the rationale, background, and framework for a comprehensive monitoring system being developed for the National Science Foundation. The system is being designed to gather information about the effects of national, state, and local policy actions designed to change the teaching and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitude Measures, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
