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The Most Reasonable Answer: Helping Students Build Better Arguments Together
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Reznitskaya, Alina; Wilkinson, Ian A. G. – Harvard Education Press, 2017
"The Most Reasonable Answer" is an innovative and comprehensive guide to engaging students in inquiry dialogue--a type of talk used in text-based classroom discussions. During inquiry dialogue, students collectively search for the most reasonable answers to big, controversial questions, and, as a result, enhance their argumentation…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Classroom Communication, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Number Sense and Number Nonsense: Understanding the Challenges of Learning Math
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Krasa, Nancy; Shunkwiler, Sara – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
How do children learn math--and why do some children struggle with it? The answers are in "Number Sense and Number Nonsense," a straightforward, reader-friendly book for education professionals and an invaluable multidisciplinary resource for researchers. More than a first-ever research synthesis, this highly accessible book brings math…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Problems, Numbers, Arithmetic
Psychic Energy and Organizational Change. Administrative and Policy Studies Series, Vol. 1.
White, Orion, Jr. – 1973
An effort is made at defining the lessons of the sixties as they relate to the understanding of processes of social and organizational change. This essay examines the theory of change that emerged in the sixties, describes how the current condition in the United States indicates the wrongness of this view, and suggests a reformulation based on a…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Behavior, Bureaucracy, Economics
Education and Learning To Think.
Resnick, Lauren B. – 1987
An analysis is presented of the latest findings from psychology and education on how children acquire complex thinking skills and learn to reason, and how the schools can teach such skills more effectively. This paper reviews previous research, highlights successful learning strategies, and makes specific recommendations about problems and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
Teaching Thinking: Issues and Approaches. Revised Edition. The Practitioners' Guide to Teaching Thinking Series.
Swartz, Robert J.; Perkins, D. N. – 1990
This teaching guide provides an integrated framework for teaching thinking skills which involves both teaching thinking in a separate program or course and infusing the teaching of thinking into standard subject area instruction across the curriculum. Individual chapters deal with the following topics: (1) the nature of thinking skills and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking
The Logic of Evaluative Argument. CSE Monograph Series in Evaluation, 7.
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House, Ernest R. – 1977
Evaluation is an act of persuasion directed to a specific audience concerning the solution of a problem. The process of evaluation is prescribed by the nature of knowledge--which is generally complex, always uncertain (in varying degrees), and not always propositional--and by the nature of logic, which is always selective. In the process of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Audiences, Bias, Case Studies