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Direct linkSchraw, Gregory, Ed.; Robinson, Daniel H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This volume examines the assessment of higher order thinking skills from the perspectives of applied cognitive psychology and measurement theory. The volume considers a variety of higher order thinking skills, including problem solving, critical thinking, argumentation, decision making, creativity, metacognition, and self-regulation. Fourteen…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Evaluation, Cognitive Psychology, Measurement
Lapp, Diane, Ed.; Moss, Barbara, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Offering fresh alternatives to common instructional practices that fail to get results, this accessible, highly practical guide highlights ways to motivate middle school students while enhancing content-area learning. Each chapter features an enlightening case study of a teacher whose current strategies are not supported by research; describes…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Writing Across the Curriculum, Visual Arts, Written Language
Download full textWalvoord, Barbara E.; McCarthy, Lucille P. – 1990
Offering insights into the effective use of writing to teach students to think like professionals in various fields, this book is the result of a 7-year naturalistic study. The book documents how a writing specialist paired with an experienced professor in another discipline (business, history, psychology, and biology) to study: (1) teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Business Education, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed.; Irwin-DeVitis, Linda, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation's social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged…
Descriptors: Caring, African Americans, Females, Democracy
Plucker, Jonathan, Ed. – Prufrock Press Inc, 2008
"Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What the Research Says" is the definitive reference book for those searching for a summary and evaluation of the literature on giftedness and gifted education. The book presents almost 50 summaries of important topics in the field, providing relevant research and a guide to how the research…
Descriptors: Expertise, Special Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Advanced Placement
Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Lundell, Dana B., Ed.; Arendale, David R., Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota, 2005
This book explores the vision and contributions of the former General College, a program existing 74 years in the University of Minnesota, highlighting its history, mission, programs, research, and student services. This includes an evolving and dynamic program for teaching, learning, and research for student success in higher education. Following…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Intellectual Development, Student Development, Higher Education
