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Articles in the 'Thinking' Category...

Creative Thinking in the Higher Education Classroom

contemplation

Jerard Puccio explains how the educational experiences of many young people condition them to take a passive approach to the learning process.


Getting Students to Think & Understand

Rick Ross shares his personal experiences of teaching an engineering subject with an emphasis on thinking and understanding. The students responded well to this approach.


Model-Building with Mindtools

David Jonassen introduces the concept of Mindtools in this article on learning models. “When learners are actively and willfully trying to achieve a cognitive goal, they think and learn more because they are fulfilling an intention.”


Role of ICT in Constructivist Teaching of Thinking Skills

brain monitor This article by David Chan, formerly the Director of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of InfoComm Technology, looks at what thinking skills are and how they can be taught using an ICT-supported constructivist approach.