Evaluating a Language Arts Program Designed to Teach Higher Level Thinking Skills.

Kagan, Dona M.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Evaluating a Language Arts Program Designed to Teach Higher Level Thinking Skills.

Kagan, Dona M.

Reading Improvement, v25 n1 p29-33 Spr 1988

Evaluates the effectiveness of a sixth grade experimental language arts program designed to teach higher-level thinking skills. Reports on different types of instruments for measuring higher-level thinking skills, including verbal and nonverbal tests of divergent thinking, a nonverbal test of flexible thinking, and a verbal divergent production Role Category Test. (MM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts, Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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