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The Adoption of "Thinking through Geography" Strategies and Their Impact on Teaching Geographical Reasoning in Dutch Secondary Schools
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Hooghuis, Fer; van der Schee, Joop; van der Velde, Martin; Imants, Jeroen; Volman, Monique – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
The development of geographical reasoning is essential in geographical education. Strategies developed by the English "Thinking Through Geography" group (TTG) offer a promising approach to promote geographical reasoning. In the last decade, the TTG approach has become a regular element in geographical education in several countries.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Thinking Skills
The Quality of High School Students' Problem Solving from an Expertise Development Perspective
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Elvira, Quincy; Imants, Jeroen; deMaeyer, Sven; Segers, Mien – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2015
The ability to solve problems is a key skill and is essential to our day-to-day lives, at home, at school and at work. The present study explores the quality of managerial problem-solving of participants who are in secondary education. We studied 10th, 11th, and 12th graders following a business track in the Netherlands. Participants were asked to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Problem Solving, Expertise, Educational Quality