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Peer reviewedHerrnstein, Richard J.; And Others – American Psychologist, 1986
Reports on the positive effect on 400 Venezuelan seventh graders of a course developed to teach cognitive skills that apply to learning and intellectual development. The course stresses observation and classification, reasoning, critical use of language, problem solving, inventiveness, and decision making. (PS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
