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Download full textÇalik, Muammer; Karatas, Faik Özgür – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
The study aimed at exploring whether a "Science-Technology-Social Change" course improved pre-service social studies teachers' (PST) scientific habits of mind and attitudes towards socio-scientific issues. Within a pre- and post-course experimental design, the study was conducted with 135 second-year PST (68 males and 67 females) from…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Social Change, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving
Direct linkHerczog, Michelle M. – Social Education, 2014
The College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards calls upon social studies teachers to enhance the rigor of civics, economics, geography, history and the other social studies disciplines while building the critical thinking, problem solving, and participatory skills of students to help them become actively…
Descriptors: Social Studies, State Standards, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedKneedler, Peter E. – Social Studies Review, 1988
Discusses the importance of critical thinking for participation in democratic society and identifies the critical thinking skills tested in the eighth grade California Assessment Program. Provides an extensive appendix detailing a critical thinking skills continuum, a glossary of terms, and classroom strategies. (GEA)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Shaw, Terry – 1979
The test is designed to assess upper elementary students' competency in process skills used in making decisions and solving problems in the social studies. The skills tested are those identified by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and include observing, classifying, measuring, using numbers, using space and time…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education, Interpretive Skills
Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1994
One component of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) is the state's performance-based assessments, criterion-referenced tests that require students to apply what they know and can do to solve problems and display other higher-order thinking skills. This document helps parents, teachers, students, and other citizens…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Grade 3
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1993
The 1992 achievement tests for the Alberta (Canada) public schools show what students in grades 3, 6, and 9 can do in social studies, language arts, and mathematics, respectively. Results are reported in terms of curriculum standards, achievement standards, and assessment standards. In June 1992, there were 41,696 students in grade 3, 37,837 in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
