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ERIC Number: EJ382604
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Can We Prepackage Thinking?
Barbour, Nita H.
Childhood Education, v65 n2 p67-68 Win 1988
Maintains that prepackaged sets of strategies and tactics, as well as step-by-step procedures for teaching thinking skills, often lead to ritualistic and routinized practices that curtail thinking by both children and teachers. (BB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Educational Strategies, Instructional Materials, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Prepackaged Instruction; Thinking Skills