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ERIC Number: EJ400511
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Using Corporate-Sponsored Materials to Teach History and Social Science Skills.
Doherty, Dennis C.
Educational Leadership, v47 n4 p81-83 Dec-Jan 1989-90
Once corporate-sponsored material gets into the classroom, teachers can use it to teach critical thinking skills, such as analyzing and drawing conclusions from statistics and graphs; identifying and labeling examples of bias, propaganda, and racial and sex stereotyping; detecting and recording fallacies; and identifying "pro" and "con" arguments. Includes 10 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, School Business Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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