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ERIC Number: EJ464745
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Designing Our Futures by Choice.
Leppard, Lynden J.
Social Education, v57 n3 p127-30 Mar 1993
Argues that contemporary society requires new and more sophisticated ways of thinking. Reviews several approaches to teaching new cognitive processes in schools. Includes lists of characteristics that inhibit and promote higher order thinking skills. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Heuristics, Social Studies, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Dewey (John); Higher Order Thinking Skills Model; Social Education Association (Australia)