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Title: Toward the Thinking Curriculum: Current Cognitive Research. 1989 ASCD Yearbook.
Author(s): Resnick, Lauren B., Ed.; Klopfer, Leopold E., Ed.
Author Affiliation: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA.(BBB30657)
Pages: 231
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0-87120-156-9
ISSN: 1042-9018
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1250 N. Pitt St., Alexandria, VA 22314-1403 ($15.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--Serials (022); Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Virginia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1991

A project of the Center for the Study of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, this yearbook combines the two major trends/concerns impacting the future of educational development for the next decade: knowledge and thinking. The yearbook comprises the following chapters: (1) "Toward the Thinking Curriculum: An Overview" (Lauren B. Resnick and Leopold E. Klopfer); (2) "Instruction for Self-Regulated Reading" (Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar and Ann L. Brown); (3) "Improving Practice through Understanding Reading" (Isabel L. Beck); (4) "Teaching Mathematics Concepts" (Rochelle G. Kaplan and others); (5) "Teaching Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving" (Alan H. Schoenfeld); (6) "Research on Writing: Building a Cognitive and Social Understanding of Composing" (Glynda Ann Hull); (7) "Teaching
Science for Understanding" (James A. Minstrell); (8) "Research on Teaching Scientific Thinking: Implications for Computer-Based Instruction" (Jill H. Larkin and Ruth W. Chabay); and (9) "A Perspective on Cognitive Research and Its Implications for Instruction" (John D. Bransford and Nancy J. Vye). (MS)

Descriptors: *Computer Assisted Instruction; *Critical Thinking; *Curriculum Development; Curriculum Research; Higher Education; Independent Reading; *Mathematics Instruction; Problem Solving; *Reading Comprehension; *Science Instruction; Writing Research
Identifiers: *Cognitive Research; Knowledge Acquisition