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ERIC Number: EJ241044
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jan
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Problem Solving as Outcome and Method in Science Teaching: Insights from 60 Years of Experience.
Champagne, Audrey B.; Klopfer, Leopold E.
School Science and Mathematics, v81 n1 p3-8 Jan 1981
Identified are reasons for discrepancies between desired states and actual practice of problem solving and reflective thinking. Issues discussed include describing the development of problem solving, using problem solving methods in instruction, outcome of developing students' problem solving abilities, and reasonable expectations of attaining the outcome of problem solving ability. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Process Education, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reflective Thinking