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Mapping for Discovery: A Reflective Thought Exercise.

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Singleton, H. Wells – Social Education, 1979

Describes a "treasure hunt" exercise designed to encourage elementary students to think reflectively. Using compasses and maps, student groups find prehidden objects. Group discussion and oral reports follow the field experience. (KC)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education

Classrooms: The Confluence of Essential Social Streams.

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Leppard, Lynden J. – Social Education, 1993

Agreement about importance of learning and how learning can be achieved is possible. Confluence of interests exists among four aspects of human behavior: business and workplace; politics and citizenship; schooling and education; critical and creative thinking. Thirty years of research and scholarship supports the view that critical and creative…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizenship Education, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes