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Peer reviewedAgyakwa, Kofi – Journal of Educational Thought, 1988
Urges educators to examine the role that intuition can play in the teaching-learning process. Analyzes four models of intuitive knowledge, and reviews arguments against intuitive claims to knowledge. Discusses the universality of intuition, its relationship to self-evident truths, and its role in scientific discoveries, inventions, and art. (DMM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Creative Thinking, Educational Theories, Epistemology
Download full textWeaver, Richard L., II; Cotrell, Howard W. – 1985
Imaging is the process of creating mental pictures that can be scanned as people would scan a current event. It is a real, powerful personal process, which has been used in medicine, science, health care, sports, creativity, education, and other areas. On a day-to-day level, imaging can be used to engineer insights regarding self-concept,…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Eidetic Imagery, Imagination, Interpersonal Communication
Stanford, Barbara Dodds; Stanford, Gene – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills at the secondary level, this program for high school students bases its approach on involvement of students in direct experiences. Designed to build on the thinking skills that the student already possesses and, ideally, on the experience gained…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution
Dyer, Karen M.; Carothers, Jacqueline – 2000
Professional demands on school administrators continue to multiply exponentially. Effective administrators require solid preparation programs, continuing professional development, extensive experience, mentoring, and the support of supervisor and school colleagues. Chapter 1, "Intuitive Ways of Knowing," references research on intuition,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Communication Skills
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills at the secondary level, this teaching guide for Book One and Book Two of "Thinking Through Language" is intended for junior or senior high school English teachers. The guide contains an introduction and summaries of Book One and Book Two,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Kirby, Dan; Kuykendall, Carol – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills, this program for middle school or junior high school students bases its approach on involvement of students in direct experiences. The book contains four units. Focusing on perception, Unit 1: "Experiencing the Arts" begins with ways sensory…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution
