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Teaching Understanding and Developing Critical Thinking.

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Eulie, Joseph – Social Studies, 1988

Examines the relationship between teaching content or knowledge, and teaching the skills of critical thinking and problem solving. Presents key strategies to help students understand and develop critical thinking skills. Recommends use of the developmental lesson and provides several model lessons. (LS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Course Content, Critical Thinking, Decision Making

Cooperative Development of Thinking Skills: Emphasizing the Cooperative Effort between Library Media and Classroom Teachers. Institute for Teaching and Learning, #457.

Pellerin, Mary Ann, Ed.; And Others – 1987

This document contains plans for 31 lessons intended to develop thinking skills using library media center materials primarily in the areas of language arts and social studies. Designed for various grade levels in the K-12 range, each of the lessons contains the following components: (1) behavioral and thinking skills objectives; (2) desired…

Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes

Improve the Curriculum: Teach Critical Thinking Skills.

Aucoin, Linda; Cangemi, Jo Ann – Louisiana Social Studies Journal, 1986

Indicates the need for deliberate, better, and systematic attention to the teaching of critical thinking skills, as per "A Nation At Risk" recommendations. Presents an effective teaching sequence with a definition and classification of critical thinking and stresses the difficulty of the actual teaching of critical thinking skills. (TRS)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cognitive Development, Convergent Thinking, Critical Thinking