Thinking Skills for Gifted Students: The Case for Correlational Reasoning.

Ross, John A.; Smyth, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ506642

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193

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Thinking Skills for Gifted Students: The Case for Correlational Reasoning.

Ross, John A.; Smyth, Elizabeth

Roeper Review, v17 n4 p239-43 May-Jun 1995

The importance of instructing gifted students in correlational reasoning is emphasized, with attention to what the skill involves and why it is difficult to learn; effective teaching strategies; and successful programs in whole-class, cooperative-learning, and computer formats. Implications in programming for gifted students are discussed. (SW)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Inferences, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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