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ERIC Number: EJ342535
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Synthesis of Research on the Effectiveness of Intellectual Skills Programs: Snake-Oil Remedies or Miracle Cures?
Sternberg, Robert J.; Bhana, Kastoor
Educational Leadership, v44 n2 p60-67 Oct 1986
Reviews the research on the effectiveness of five thinking skills training programs: Instrumental Enrichment, Philosophy for Children, Structure-of-Intellect (SOI), Problem Solving and Comprehension: A Short Course in Analytical Reasoning, and Odyssey. Compares and contrasts the content of each program and describes the relative lack of adequate evaluations of the programs. (IW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems, Experimental Curriculum, Needs Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Research Needs, Research Problems, Student Improvement, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Administrators; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Instrumental Enrichment; Odyssey; Philosophy for Children (Lipman); Problem Solving and Comprehension; Structure of Intellect
Note: For a related article, see EA 520 455 (this issue).