Describes a method for teaching students to connect their ideas causally or logically in their writing by talking about the ideas before beginning to write. (HTH)

Stresses the development of complex cognitive processes during adolescence and sees the challenge of the curriculum in the question of greater match between the learner's cognitive level and the material to learned. (JOW)

Article describes a math game for developing problem-solving skills and strategies in the classroom math lab. (Author/MM)

A look into the future confronting higher education in 1996. (Editor/IR)

Discusses the RADAR technique--Read, Analogize, Discuss, Apply, Review/Research--and how it can be used in content area classrooms to teach concepts. (FL)

The Questions to Upgrade and Encourage Student Thinking (QUEST) program is designed to improve student reading comprehension by improving teacher questioning skills. (Author/MLF)

This research study shows that it is possible to advance the use of proportional reasoning of many secondary school students by means of a well-designed teaching program. (MP)

Over 17 months, pupils' abilities to evaluate documentary evidence and to deduce concepts and changes in their attitudes toward the course were assessed. Results emphasize the importance of syllabus and teaching technique, rather than maturation, indicating limitations in studies of children's historical thinking narrowly based on Piagetian…

Little formal training in skills is given with undergraduate courses in chemistry. A possible remedy is the introduction of specially devised exercises for skill development in logical argument, problem solving, appreciation of scientific limitations, fluent and grammatical writing and speaking, and decision making. (MSE)

The use of cognitive entry behaviors and instructional techniques as a new avenue for researchers in science education is discussed. (JMF)

Mathematics instruction can be approached as a cognitive skill, as illustrated by these elementary-level classroom activities. (LH)

Discusses how biology teachers can design or adapt existing laboratory and field experiences to promote reflective thinking and self-regulation of students. (HM)

Investigated whether or not spatial relational concepts could be taught to preschool children. Specifically examined the relative effectiveness of movement-oriented vs. verbal visual-oriented spatial training programs. (Author/SB)

Teachers at Mililani Mauka Elementary School in Honolulu, Hawaii are using technology to encourage higher-order thinking with a model of effective thinking developed at Harvard University (Massachusetts): being broad and adventurous, sustaining intellectual curiosity, clarifying and seeking understanding, planning strategically, being…