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ERIC Number: EJ333036
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Guided Thinking: A Strategy for Encouraging Excellence at the Middle Level.
Strahan, David B.
NASSP Bulletin, v70 n487 p75-80 Feb 1986
Middle-level teachers can avoid passive seatwork and encourage students to think using a "guided thinking" approach, designed to help adolescents develop more sophisticated thinking and reasoning skills. Essential elements of guided thinking are described, along with an implementation strategy and the principal's role in fostering thinking skills. (TE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Heuristics, Instructional Innovation, Intellectual Development, Program Implementation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Guided Thinking