1st Edition
Thinking and Learning Skills Volume 2: Research and Open Questions
666 Pages
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Routledge
640 Pages
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Routledge
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First Published in 1985, Currently, two streams of endeavor offer promise for improving school effectiveness in developing students’ higher cognitive capacities. One of these is represented by the increased interest of school districts, colleges, and universities in identifying ways to help their students build the cognitive skills that enable them to learn and think effectively. What can be done,... Read more
Higher Cognitive Goals for Education: An Introduction; Introduction to Volume 2; Knowledge Acquisition; 1. Techniques Available to Author, Teacher, and Reader to Improve Retention of Main Ideas of a Chapter 2. Cognitive Coping Strategies and the Problem of “Inert Knowledge” 3. The Social Context and Socialization Variables as Factors in Thinking and Learning
Biography
S. F. Chipman, J. W. Segal (both National Institute of Education), R. Glaser (University of Pittsburgh)
