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Teaching Critical Thinking Through Student Self Analysis Of Video Taped Seminar Discussions, James M. Miller
Teaching Critical Thinking Through Student Self Analysis Of Video Taped Seminar Discussions, James M. Miller
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The main objective of the Cedar High School (C.H.S.) study was to develop a curriculum that would be useful to the social studies educator interested in teaching critical thinking skills to high school students. The model for teaching critical thinking that was followed during the C.H.S. study included three requirements. The first was to identify those critical thinking skills that would be useful to students during discussion of controversial issues. The second requirement of the critical thinking model was to teach these context specific critical thinking skills to students. This requirement was met by using a variety of materials, including …
A Forecast And Analysis Of Educational Events Identified By Utah Educators, David Thatcher Handley
A Forecast And Analysis Of Educational Events Identified By Utah Educators, David Thatcher Handley
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to determine how Utah educators and school board members view the future of education in the state. This was done by comparing the ratings for importance and the predictions on the time of occurrence of 53 educational events. An event was an incident or happening which might effect the education of the state. The hypotheses were based on the assumption that the various educational groups would hold differing views concerning the future of Utah education.
Procedure
The study provided data on the perceptions of 236 individuals representing five groups of educational participants (State …