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Waxman, Tina Goodin; And Others – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1991
Examines some of the sources of bias that enter into counselors' formulations of causal hypotheses and client problem representations. Presents a study of the think-aloud protocols of 32 counseling psychologists as they examined the file of a clinically diagnosable individual, and explores the implications of the findings for the training of…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Evaluation, Evaluative Thinking, Foreign Countries
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Wenghofer, Elizabeth F.; Way, Daniel; Moxam, Raquel Shaw; Wu, Henry; Faulkner, Daniel; Klass, Daniel J. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2006
Introduction: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario developed an enhanced peer assessment (EPA), the goal of which was to provide participating physicians educational value by helping them identify specific learning needs and aligning the assessment process with the principles of continuing education and professional development. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Professional Development, Focus Groups
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Carden, Fred; Earl, Sarah – New Directions for Evaluation, 2007
Until the recent introduction of a dynamic interview-based process, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian development research funding agency, faced a challenge: project completion reports (PCRs) were not being completed in a timely and quality manner. This is a common problem many organizations face in completing…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Evaluative Thinking, Evaluation Methods
Moorhead, Roslyn – 1991
A fact-finding exercise used in a study of principals' problem-solving behaviors is analyzed in this paper. Forty-two subjects with varying degrees of administrative experience participated in fact-finding and thinking-aloud exercises prior to responding to a case study. Problem definition, a key component of the problem-solving process, was a…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Parker, Anne – Technical Writing Teacher, 1990
Describes the problem-solving approach implemented in the University of Manitoba's first-year technical communication course. Considers technical writing as a process which can be broken down into steps: classify, analyze, test, and solve. Explains that this process offers students the methodology and flexibility they need to solve either…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Engineering Education, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education
Mansfield, Barbara – 1983
This paper describes a study which examined the similarities and differences in the reactions to a naturalistic account between an internal participant audience and an audience external to the evaluation context so that some notions about generalizability of such material could be developed. A second aim of the study was to examine the…
Descriptors: Adults, Audiences, Case Studies, Cooperative Education
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Case, Roland; Wright, Ian – Canadian Social Studies, 1997
Argues that attempts to incorporate critical-thinking skills into social studies instruction have been negligible. Outlines a framework for effectively helping students to become better thinkers that utilizes a model from the Critical Thinking Cooperative. The model considers such pedagogical factors as background knowledge, habits of mind, and…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy
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Paul, Richard – Canadian Social Studies, 1997
Reviews some of the basic tenets of critical thinking as it applies to social studies, especially those articulated in Roland Case's and Ian Wright's article, "Taking Seriously the Teaching of Critical Thinking." Praises the article but suggests that it would be improved by tightening the central focus. (MJP)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Criticism, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
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Schwartz, Phyllis – Canadian Social Studies, 1997
Describes two classroom activities that introduce critical-thinking skills into social studies instruction. One is a debate, followed by position papers, on the contribution of Christopher Columbus. The other is a simulation of a Constitutional Amendment conference. Discusses which parts of the lessons specifically focus on critical-thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Debate, Elementary Education, Evaluative Thinking
Barnett, Don C.; Bayne, E. Lynn – 1992
This paper describes a pilot project in which interns were clustered in an elementary school in Saskatchewan (Canada) to work in collaboration with the teaching staff toward school goals as well as internship goals. The role of the college supervisor was primarily one of supporter, problem-solver, resource provider, and idea stimulator. The…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Evaluative Thinking
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Kobasigawa, Akira – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1983
Grade four (20) and grade eight (20) Ontario parochial school children were interviewed to assess retrieval skills for school research projects, particularly selecting search areas/specific book sections for particular retrieval questions and evaluating gathered information. Older children were more skillful at generating/defining search areas and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Bogdan, Deanne – 1986
The humanist position for the teaching of values can be turned against English teachers and literature education when it is based primarily on the assumption that literature directly portrays life, a strategy which was used by a religious fundamentalist group, Renaissance Peterborough, in its dispute with officials of Peterborough County, Ontario,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Aesthetic Values, Censorship, Community Attitudes
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