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ERIC Number: EJ398455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Children's Critical Thinking: A Model for Its Analysis and Two Examples.
Hudgins, Bryce B.; And Others
Journal of Educational Research, v82 n6 p327-38 Jul-Aug 1989
This article describes a proposed model of self-directed critical thinking that comprises two interrelated and equal components: one cognitive and the other motivational. The model stresses the importance in critical thinking of the child's present store of general information. Examples illustrate the operation of the model. (IAH)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Models, Prior Learning, Problem Solving, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reflective Thinking