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Peer reviewedBailin, Sharon – Science and Education, 2002
Examines some of the misconceptions about the nature of critical thinking. Focuses on the characterization of critical thinking in terms of processes or skills and the separation of critical thinking and knowledge. Offers a different conception of critical thinking. (Contains 46 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedStarr, Mary L.; Krajcik, Joseph S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Outlines the use of concept maps as a tool for science curriculum development and discusses the changes that occur in the teacher's view of the curriculum with successive revisions of the maps. Describes and analyzes the maps created by sixth-grade teachers. (PR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
