To think or not to think: A preliminary investigation into the effects of teaching thinking

Improving Schools

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-254

  Simister, Jane ^a  

^a Northwood College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

argument; creative; critical; lateral; logic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993748471     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480204048931     Document Type: Article

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