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Download full textWade, Pamela – 1994
This report describes a program for increasing the thinking skills of fourth grade students in one classroom in northern Illinois. Both objective and subjective data gathering found that students experienced difficulty in relating and applying facts and concepts on tasks requiring more sophisticated thinking. Solution strategies combined with an…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary School Students
Woodman, Gail – 1997
This report describes a plan for utilizing critical thinking in the art education setting to improve students' decision-making and problem-solving abilities. The targeted population consists of sixth-grade students in a growing middle class, rural based community located in northern Illinois. The problem of weak critical thinking skills was…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Activities, Art Education, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedBeneson, Wayne; Steinbeck, Ed – Middle School Journal, 1994
Eureka (Illinois) Middle School has found some user-friendly ways to clarify communication and keep learning personal and accessible. Despite resource deficits, options and output have increased by actively using the school's philosophy: shared ownership for student success. Various community-building programs for students, faculty, and parents…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Communication Problems, Community
Fairgrieve, Susan; Walton, Nancy – 1996
This report describes a program that used both critical and creative thinking skills to enhance the educational process in language arts. The targeted population consisted of fourth- and seventh-grade students in two growing, middle-class communities located in northern Illinois. The lack of higher-order thinking skills was documented through…
Descriptors: Action Research, Creative Activities, Critical Thinking, Educational Research
PDF pending restorationAhrens, Susan; Barrett, C. Elise; Holtzman, Debi – 1997
This research project implemented and evaluated a program in interpersonal skill development designed to increase the use of applied social skills at a middle school located in northeast Illinois. Evidence of inappropriate interpersonal skills was gathered by using observation checklists, teacher and student surveys, and discipline referrals.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment
PDF pending restorationBujan, Josephine; And Others – 1996
The goal of this action research project goal was to improve students' taking responsibility for their own learning. The targeted population consisted of 120 intermediate and middle school students in 5 classes from 2 middle-class communities in northern Illinois. The lack of student responsibility in the learning process was documented through…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Graphic Organizers, Interest Inventories
