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ERIC Number: EJ347150
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Teaching Critical Thinking: Eight Easy Ways to Fail before You Begin.
Sternberg, Robert J.
Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n6 p456-59 Feb 1987
Instruction in thinking skills is possible and desirable, but educators must guard against assumptions that undermine the process. Eight fallacies that obstruct the teaching of critical thinking skills are presented. (MD)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Problem Solving, Productive Thinking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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