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Peer reviewedCherryholmes, Cleo H. – Theory into Practice, 1982
Curriculum theory must attend to three problem areas: educational practice, ethical criteria, and content. Educational practice includes questions about predictions, explanations, and descriptions. Ethical criteria are used to clarify improvements in values. Substantive content ranges across areas of human inquiry from the humanities to natural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
Peer reviewedLewis, Arthur; Smith, David – Theory into Practice, 1993
This article reviews literature on higher order thinking focusing on three issues: perspectives of philosophers and psychologists, attempts to differentiate between lower and higher order thinking, and the relationship between critical thinking and problem solving and what that means to higher order thinking. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedUnderbakke, Melva; And Others – Theory into Practice, 1993
The article suggests a method for organizing the research on teaching thinking and provides examples of indicators of teacher performance within various domains (hypothesis testing, argument assessment, problem solving, probabilistic thinking, and flexibility). Examples of empirical evidence supporting each indicator are included. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Hypothesis Testing
