Are Your Assignments Clear and Precise? Too Bad.

Samples, Bob

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ERIC Number: EJ297502

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Are Your Assignments Clear and Precise? Too Bad.

Samples, Bob

Learning, v12 n9 p28-30,35 Apr-May 1984

Children use creative thinking processes when teachers assign ambiguous rather than specific problems. Suggestions for developing questions that encourage experiential and metaphorical thinking are offered. (DF)

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Assignments, Creative Development, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Learning Processes, Problem Solving, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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