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ERIC Number: EJ471963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Higher Order Instructional Goals in Secondary Schools: Class, Teacher, and School Influences.
Raudenbush, Stephen W.; And Others
American Educational Research Journal, v30 n3 p523-53 Fall 1993
Explanations for varying emphasis on teaching for higher order thinking in U.S. secondary classrooms and teacher goals are considered. Responses of 303 secondary school teachers (teaching 1,205 classes) to a questionnaire about higher order skills and instructional goals indicate that higher order skills are more emphasized in high-ability classrooms. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Academically Gifted, Classroom Environment, Educational Objectives, Mail Surveys, Questionnaires, School Role, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California; Michigan; Teacher Surveys