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Walker, Frederick – Instructor, 1974
Author feels that teachers should start delegating responsibilities early to help students develop good judgement. (GB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Responsibility, Decision Making, Elementary School Teachers
Loughlin, Elsa – Instructor, 1976
If you can guide your students to think while they read, they are well on their way to becoming critical readers. Specific methods of questioning in order to stimulate students to think critically were outlined. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Authors, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Elementary School Students
Avery, Carol – Instructor, 1992
Discusses how teachers can intervene to help elementary students make thoughtful decisions about their writing topics, noting that advocating student choice does not mean abdicating the role as classroom manager. The article describes choices that writers make and explains how to handle difficult situations. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Creative Writing, Decision Making Skills
Instructor, 1983
Eleven specific thinking skills are discussed, along with activities to help teachers develop each skill in their students. The skills are: (1) observing; (2) comparing; (3) classifying; (4) imagining; (5) hypothesizing; (6) looking for assumptions; (7) collecting and organizing data; (8) summarizing; (9) interpreting; (10) problem solving; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills
Rosenberg, Adam – Instructor, 1994
Describes an interdisciplinary survival project that piques middle school students' imaginations as it tests their problem solving and critical thinking skills in a survival setting. The futuristic time travel project integrates subject areas and fosters skills in communication, cooperation, and group decision making. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching, Critical Thinking
