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ERIC Number: EJ401868
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Cultivating the Thinking Skills of Low Achievers: A Matter of Equity.
Foster, Gail Edghill
Journal of Negro Education, v58 n4 p461-67 Fall 1989
Advances the following premises: (1) the thinking skills of low achievers should be cultivated as much as those of high achievers; (2) low achievers can be taught higher order thinking skills; and (3) the cultivation of effective thinking skills is at least as important as mastery of basics. Presents five recommendations for change. (AF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Low Achievement, Low Income Groups, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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