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Kotsonis, Alkis – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
In the "Republic," Plato developed an educational program through which he trained young Athenians in desiring truth, without offering them any knowledge-education. This is not because he refused to pass on knowledge but because he considered knowledge of the Good as an ongoing research program. I show this by tracing the steps of the…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Values Education, Educational Theories, Teaching Methods
Sunal, Dennis W. – 1988
Research involving cognitive modification and using intervention instruction in general prerequisite cognitive processes has shown that significant and long-term results are possible. Use of intervention instruction involving prerequisite data gathering skills with teachers has been successful in improving ability to use probing questions in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Formal Operations
Lawson, Anton E.; Renner, John W. – Today's Education, 1976
To broaden and develop reasoning powers in students the teacher should encourage observation, critical questioning of hypotheses, evaluation of conclusions and how they are reached, and propose new avenues of approach to problems. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Woods, Donald R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Describes the contents of a book entitled The Care and Feeding of Ideas: A Guide to Encouraging Creativity which considers the thinking process, why skills need to be developed, and how students use or should use these thinking skills. (RT)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, College Science
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1983
The "componential" theory of intelligence explains intelligence in terms of three types of component processes that make up intelligent performance. The first of these, "metacomponents," are the higher-order or executive processes that one uses to plan what one is going to do, monitor what one is doing, and evaluate what one…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
Killian, C. Rodney, Ed. – 1980
Papers presented at the 1980 National Conference on Reasoning, Piaget, and Higher Education are presented which address the implications of Piaget's research on the teaching of reasoning skills in higher education. Contents include the following: "Piaget: An Agenda, Not an Answer for the 80s," by Catherine M. Warrick; "Project…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Azima, Kiavash; Henry, Rebecca – 1980
The essentials of Piaget's theory and its application to teaching at the college level are described as part of the Learning and Evaluation Service workshop, Teaching Students to Reason, offered at Michigan State University. Objectives are to enable the teacher to: (1) diagnose and classify reasoning patterns of students; (2) evaluate current…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Objectives, College Faculty, College Instruction
Stanford, Barbara Dodds; Stanford, Gene – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills at the secondary level, this program for high school students bases its approach on involvement of students in direct experiences. Designed to build on the thinking skills that the student already possesses and, ideally, on the experience gained…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution
Bedard, Denis; And Others – 1996
A 2-year study at the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec) investigated the changes in six medical students' clinical reasoning processes as they participated in a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. In each year, students performed a think-aloud protocol with two medical case problems to solve, one in cardiology and one in urology. In the…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cardiology, Cognitive Processes, College Students
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills at the secondary level, this teaching guide for Book One and Book Two of "Thinking Through Language" is intended for junior or senior high school English teachers. The guide contains an introduction and summaries of Book One and Book Two,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Kirby, Dan; Kuykendall, Carol – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills, this program for middle school or junior high school students bases its approach on involvement of students in direct experiences. The book contains four units. Focusing on perception, Unit 1: "Experiencing the Arts" begins with ways sensory…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution