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Peer reviewedBarell, John – Educational Leadership, 1983
We can revive the spirit of inventiveness by allowing students the freedom to consider the unconventional and probe the possibilities of the "impossible." (Author)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Discovery Processes, Imagination, Innovation
Learning, 1994
Pullout pages provide suggestions for teaching elementary students at all levels about the wonders of human ingenuity. The suggestions help students see that great ideas come from the need to solve real-life problems and that one great idea leads to another, so current inventions help predict future inventions. (SM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textWeaver, Laura H. – 1985
Focusing on how expert writers in various disciplines convey complex ideas, this paper shows how the techniques used by the mathematician, Clark Kimberling, in various writings can (1) be transferred to other disciplines, (2) show learning taking place, and (3) provide models for students to re-enact learning in all subject areas. The paper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
