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Teaching Critical Thinking: Bringing the Real World into the Classroom.
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Reboy, Lisa M. – Clearing House, 1989
Discusses two controversies regarding instruction in critical-thinking: (1) definitions of critical-thinking skills; and (2) the design of instructional delivery systems that promote the generalized use of these skills. Suggests that teachers select specific skills to teach and define those skills with clear, objective descriptions based on overt…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Instructional Design, Problem Solving, Secondary Education
Problem-Based Learning: Relating the "Real World" to Principalship Preparation.
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Tanner, C. Kenneth; And Others – Clearing House, 1995
Describes a problem-based learning strategy which helps train principals for an increasingly demanding job. Conceptualizes problem-based learning; provides a rationale for this strategy; and uses a real example from a course in problem-based learning taught at the University of Georgia. (RS)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Postsecondary Education, Principals, Problem Based Learning
Responding to Industry's Call: Using Discrepant Events to Promote Team Problem-Solving Skills.
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Potthoff, Dennis; And Others – Clearing House, 1996
Discusses results of the first year of a project that used a cooperative team approach with eighth- and ninth-grade science students to solve discrepant event problems (situations whose outcome is inconsistent with what one would expect). (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving
Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems as a Problem-Solving Process.
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Riley, James D.; Shapiro, Jon – Clearing House, 1989
Presents a problem-solving framework for diagnosis and correction of reading difficulties. Describes this process, examines the parallels between problem solving and diagnosis and correction of reading problems, and applies the process to a case. (SR)
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Problem Solving, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties
How to Run a Needs Meeting Meeting.
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Ligon, Jerry – Clearing House, 1979
The author describes a meeting at which he and his students jointly set classroom roles agreeable to everyone. He used the no-lose method of problem solving, posited by Dr. Thomas Gordon, author of Parent Effectiveness Training. The six steps of the method are elucidated. (SJL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conflict Resolution, Discipline, Guidelines
Using Technological Innovation To Improve the Problem-Solving Skills of Middle School Students: Educators' Experiences with the LEGO Mindstorms Robotic Invention System.
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Mauch, Elizabeth – Clearing House, 2001
Describes the creation of an innovative problem-solving course for middle school teachers (based on the LEGO Mindstorms Robotic Invention System) intended to use a combination of logic, hands-on experience, and a modicum of trial and error to help middle school students identify the processes behind effectively solving problems. (SR)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
Educated Candies: A Classroom Business Planned and Managed by Students.
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Richstad, Barbara H. – Clearing House, 1998
Describes a year-long project for upper elementary-middle school students that incorporates mathematics, language skills, problem solving, and economics in a classroom business. Outlines the 13-step process that the author's students followed in planning and running a classroom candy store. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Entrepreneurship, Intermediate Grades, Language Skills