When Teaching Thinking Does Not Work: What Goes Wrong?.

Sternberg, Robert J.; Martin, Marie

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Publication Date: 1988

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When Teaching Thinking Does Not Work: What Goes Wrong?

Sternberg, Robert J.; Martin, Marie

Teachers College Record, v89 n4 p555-78 Sum 1988

This article offers four models of what may be going wrong in the transmission of thinking skills from textbooks and teachers to students. Sources of the problem are identified and possible solutions, alternatives, and strategies of "teaching for thinking" are described. (JL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Relevance (Education), Skill Development, Skills, Teaching Styles, Textbook Content

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