Using Children's Literature in Critical Thinking Skills.

Kruise, Carol Sue

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ERIC Number: EJ359683

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Publication Date: 1987

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Using Children's Literature in Critical Thinking Skills.

Kruise, Carol Sue

School Library Media Activities Monthly, v4 n2 p27-29 Oct 1987

This discussion of the need for learning activities which promote critical thinking skills, creativity, and affective growth in children uses Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide for designing such activities based on children's literature. Several examples of projects based on specific children's books are provided. (CLB)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Humanistic Education, Learning Activities, Media Specialists, Problem Solving, Productive Thinking

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - General; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Media Staff; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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