Teaching Learning Disabled Adolescents to Think Critically Using a Problem-Solving Schema.

Williams, Joanna P.; Ellsworth, Nancy J.

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ERIC Number: EJ413212

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Publication Date: 1990

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Teaching Learning Disabled Adolescents to Think Critically Using a Problem-Solving Schema.

Williams, Joanna P.; Ellsworth, Nancy J.

Exceptionality, v1 n2 p135-46 1990

This study examined effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach learning-disabled adolescents (N=70) to make better personal decisions. A pretest/posttest comparison design found that following instruction students showed better ability to both identify general schema for decision making and apply schema to novel problem narratives. (Author/PB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Learning Disabilities, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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