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Performance of the Cognitive Holding Power Questionnaire in Schools.
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Stevenson, John – Learning and Instruction, 1998
The Cognitive Holding Power Questionnaire (J. Stevenson, 1990) measures the press for higher and lower order thinking in classroom environments. Results from 1203 Australian high school students show that it is the teacher, rather than other environmental aspects, who is central to the press for different kinds of thinking in the classroom. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Creative Thinking Instruction for Aboriginal Children.
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Ritchie, Stephen M.; Edwards, John – Learning and Instruction, 1996
A study involving 22 Australian Aboriginal students, age about 11 years, and 12 controls found that a thinking skills program, the Cognitive Research Trust Program, can enhance their creative thinking in mainstream classrooms, but did not improve scholastic aptitude, academic achievement, thinking approaches, self-concept as a thinker, or locus of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Creative Thinking, Indigenous Populations