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Peer reviewedKneeshaw, Stephen – OAH Magazine of History, 1988
Offers ideas for using comparative history in the classroom. Includes suggestions for using guided design, role playing, and an approach for a series of sequenced writing exercises. Uses the 1920s and 1970s for comparison, focusing on Teapot Dome and Watergate. (LS)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, History Instruction, Learning Strategies, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedLawson, Anton E.; Kral, Elmer A. – Educational Forum, 1985
This article presents 10 practical teaching procedures to encourage students to develop formal reasoning skills. A twelfth-grade English course is used as an example. Procedures include pretesting, sequencing instruction, providing students with concrete experiences, discussing reasoning patterns and forms of argumentation, assigning argumentative…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Debate
