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ERIC Number: EJ417506
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0892-9122
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Learning How to Think. Helping Discouraged Learners Succeed.
Shalaway, Linda
Instructor, v100 n2 p16,18 Sep 1990
Outlines objectives and implementation of a computer-based, general thinking-skills curriculum called HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills) in which teachers model thinking skills through sophisticated conversation and Socratic questioning techniques. The curriculum is designed to help low achievers, or discouraged learners, learn to link new knowledge with existing knowledge. (IAH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Modeling (Psychology), Questioning Techniques, Remedial Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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