ERIC Number: EJ338271
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Improve the Curriculum: Teach Critical Thinking Skills.
Aucoin, Linda; Cangemi, Jo Ann
Louisiana Social Studies Journal, v13 n1 p18-21 Fall 1986
Indicates the need for deliberate, better, and systematic attention to the teaching of critical thinking skills, as per "A Nation At Risk" recommendations. Presents an effective teaching sequence with a definition and classification of critical thinking and stresses the difficulty of the actual teaching of critical thinking skills. (TRS)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cognitive Development, Convergent Thinking, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans, Logical Thinking, Planning, Productive Thinking, Social Studies, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Responsibility, Teaching Skills, Units of Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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