Promoting Critical-Analytic Thinking in Children and Adolescents at Home and in School

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 561-578

  Murphy, P Karen ^a   Rowe, Meredith L ^b   Ramani, Geetha ^c   Silverman, Rebecca ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom interventions; Critical analytic thinking; Discussion; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911986377     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-014-9281-3     Document Type: Review

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