Teaching Thinking Skills.

Herrnstein, Richard J.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1986

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Teaching Thinking Skills.

Herrnstein, Richard J.; And Others

American Psychologist, v41 n11 p1279-89 Nov 1986

Reports on the positive effect on 400 Venezuelan seventh graders of a course developed to teach cognitive skills that apply to learning and intellectual development. The course stresses observation and classification, reasoning, critical use of language, problem solving, inventiveness, and decision making. (PS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Skill Development

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Identifiers - Location: Venezuela

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