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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
Petracek, Rosalie; And Others – 1979
In addition to providing initial exposure to Native American culture, this junior high school curriculum unit is intended to help students improve their composition and thinking skills. The students' cognitive task is to recognize that groups are composed of individuals and that individual group members are different from their groups in the same…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature


