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Weber, Elke U.; Stern, Paul C. – American Psychologist, 2011
This article considers scientific and public understandings of climate change and addresses the following question: Why is it that while scientific evidence has accumulated to document global climate change and scientific opinion has solidified about its existence and causes, U.S. public opinion has not and has instead become more polarized? Our…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Misconceptions, Climate, Social Problems
Price, Edward A. – Educational Technology, 1998
Discusses the affective domain and its relationship to instructional systems design. Topics include social problems rooted in the affective domain of behavior, the cognitive versus the affective domain, emotions, emotions and information processing, specifying learning outcomes in the affective domain, and targets of instructional analysis.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Design
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Byrnes, James P.; Torney-Purta, Judith V. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1995
Reports on a study of how naive theories, age, and education relate to higher order thinking among 54 adolescents and adults. Finds that, regardless of age and education, all subjects referred to naive theories to identify causes and create remedial strategies for social problems. (CFR)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking