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50 Years of ERIC
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Two Thinking Skills Assessment Approaches: "Assessment of Pupils' Thinking Skills" and "Individual Thinking Skills Assessments"
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Burke, Lynsey A.; Williams, Joanne M. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
This paper is linked to a previous paper outlining an evaluation of a thinking skills intervention (Burke & Williams, 2008). Following extensive requests for the assessment tools used in the intervention, this short paper presents the development and potential uses of two thinking skills assessment tools. The aim of the paper is simply to make…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
The Impact of a Thinking Skills Intervention on Children's Concepts of Intelligence
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Burke, Lynsey A.; Williams, Joanne M. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
The study reported was part of a large thinking skills intervention for 11-12-year-old children. This paper focuses on the impact of a thinking skills intervention on children's understandings of intelligence. A total of 178 children (n = 86 girls and n= 92 boys) across six schools participated in the study. Children were individually pre-tested…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Intelligence, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
Developing Young Thinkers: An Intervention Aimed to Enhance Children's Thinking Skills
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Burke, Lynsey A.; Williams, Joanne M. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2008
It is increasingly popular to "teach" thinking skills in schools. A diverse variety of programmes exist to support practitioners in this task, and some research has been gathered on the effectiveness of individual approaches. However, the difficulties when assessing the development of thinking skills are widely documented. This study aimed to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods