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    ISBN 9780898595390
    398 Pages
    Published November 1, 1985 by Routledge

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    First published in 1985. This book was created due to involvement of the authors to develop a course to enhance thinking skills. A main aim of which was to determine what is known about the teaching of thinking from current research literature and from the results of efforts to develop cognitive enhancement programs. The primary focus is on intentional, purposeful, goal-oriented thinking-thinking, if you will, for the express purpose of realizing some specific objective.

    PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF TEACHING THINKING 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCE 3. SOME PERSPECTIVES ON THINKING 4. PROBLEM SOLVING, CREATIVITY AND METACOGNITIONPART II: APPROACHES TO TEACHING THINKING 6. COGNITIVE OPERATIONS APPROACHES 7. HEURISTICS ORIENTED APPROACHES 9. THINKING THROUGH LANGUAGE AND SYMBOL MANIPULATION 10. THINKING ABOUT THINKING PART III: PROSPECTS FOR TEACHING THINKING 11. EVALUATION 12. PROSPECTS FOR TEACHING THINKING

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    Raymond S. Nickerson, David N. Perkins, Edward E. Smith

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