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ERIC Number: EJ313058
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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An Economic View of the Acquisition of Reasoning Skills: Agenda for Research in the Information Age.
Brown, Byron W.; Saks, Daniel H.
Review of Educational Research, v54 n4 p560-76 Win 1984
An economic viewpoint is applied to four educational issues in the acquisition of reasoning skills: (1) defining reasoning; (2) methods for producing and developing reasoning skills in the classroom; (3) how the economy allocates and values reasoning skills; and (4) future economic needs for reasoning skills. (BS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Economics, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Input Output Analysis, Research Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Numeracy
Note: Earlier draft of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (68th, New Orleans, LA, April 23-27, 1984).