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Radford discusses in his article algebraic thinking and how students use signs with meanings in algebraic generalization of problems and also students' developing algebraic thinking. The author also examines different signs and their meanings then further discusses how these meanings affect students and their developing algebraic thinking. He also goes over different classroom discussions that took place regarding algebraic thinking. This article has many important points about the development of mathematical thinking but would not be excessively useful to analyze subject based thinking.

This article discusses what is critical thinking and tells about how there is no set definition. There are also many people who have tried to develop ways in which to measure ones critical thinking abilities. One such case was a study where they examine students' exams from a college class about Sociology of Marriage and Family and they discussed the results and findings from this study. This article is noteworthy due to its analysis of critical thinking and its interesting study.

This article discusses the thinking processes in college and university students. Donald goes through different disciplines and discusses the thinking process that is behind each one. Also, a working model was created to discuss the thinking processes. This article provided some very interesting information and would be helpful when doing field research.

This article focuses on three main points: "what is mathematical thinking, what does it have to do with mathematical content, and can it be taught." Mathematical thinking according to this article is a series of operations that do not necessarily apply just to math, like the scientific method. There are four processes in mathematical thinking which are: specializing, conjecturing, generalizing, and convincing

In this article Flower discusses the different processes that go into thinking and into writing. Also, she goes over the writing processes and the difference between writing to oneself or for different readers. There is also a case study that talks about a transformation. Flower makes several interesting points within the article that would be helpful in the comparison of mathematical and English thinking

this was a cool little study i found about how roommates of different race effect your experience at college. this shows brought my mind to think of different directions to take on my community study and how race could possibly effect the tensions and social relationships between two people in the group.

Clark turns to philosophy to assess the relationship between naturalism and supernaturalism. In a political sense, all debates must deal with the physical world, for that is all that we know. Religious doctrines are acceptable as moral implicates, but in order to extend universality in the public realm, the language cannot be theological. The issue is essentially linguistic; by using a common language grounded in empiricism, we can better tackle the issues at hand. Clark suggests that the best mode of pacifying these views is to turn toward empiricism, which is grounded in evidence rather than faith. There is no way to "prove" faith. However, it is important to guard against the threat of "totalitarian empiricism" in which uniformity replaces consciousness. We live in a pluralistic society, and so it is to remain. Extending this thinking to the evolution-creation debate can perhaps shed light on a very plausible and practical solution.

The is article discusses what some think would be a better model for reading than presented in the No Child Left Behind Act. This new model combines three former reading models (cognitive model, stage model, and the Pracek Model) to help teachers with developing readers. This model is supposedly superior despite its complexity because of its broad reach and practical purposes. This article does not really define what it wrong with the No Child Left Behind Act, but instead presents a model that might be more beneficial to children learning how to read.

The idea of media literacy prompts an increasingly divisive debate between educators who wish to protect children from the commercialization of global markets and those who challenge critical media studies as misguided, outdated, and ineffective. We have provided a historical overview of changing conceptions of media literacy as preparation and protection in market society, arguing that contemporary concerns about children's fast food marketing and sedentary lifestyles call for new approaches to the education of citizen-consumers in a risk society. Our case study demonstrates that a media education programme can provide scaffolding for children's critical thinking about their sedentary lifestyles and media consumption. (Abstract taken from JSTOR.)

This article discusses the origin and use of profanity during prime time television with respect to children and programs more commonly viewed by children. It also exposes the idea that violence and aggressive behavior can influence the actions and thinking of children in today's society. Lastly, it discusses an analysis of prime time viewing and the profanity and violence portrayed in commonly viewed shows.

This article talks about what makes Harry Potter so appealing to young people and why it encourages them to read. The books inspire children to read and think. They also encourage young people to use their imaginations.

It is shocking to see the statistic that almost 2/3 of individuals over the age of 50, still in the working environment, have not thought about their retirement. This failure to plan has lead Americans to financial illiteracy. Almost half of people in the workforce are unaware of pension and retirement funds that they as employees qualify for. The author suggests requiring proper planning aid information upon new employee orientation, educational programs as well as a personal incentive for individuals to think and plan for the future.

This article is about how the former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor thinks the civics program in the education system should be changed. She talks about creating a web-based program to help teach the kids civics lessons that they will be more interested in. She also talks a little on how the No child left behind act ruined the social studies education for children. This is helpful if you are researching the no child left behind act or anything on civics education.

A fantastic article! "The most creative act a human can engage in is not repeating an answer, it is forming a good question." Truer words have never been spoken. Think about this as you write your research papers!

This article talks about what makes Harry Potter so appealing to young people and why it encourages them to read. The books inspire children to read and think. They also encourage young people to use their imaginations.

This article talks about the need to improve education in schools. It gives information on ways in which we can go about making this change, such as using digital literacy. This article talks about both teachers effects and students effects. This is a helpful article if you are interested in researching how literacy is being changed, or ways in which people are thinking about changing it, either for the better or the worse.

The author here thinks that technology should b used in all the classrooms and it diferentiates instruction. When mentioned to students they seem more enthused about learning. The author conducted a lot of research on how to incorporate testing into assessment. They give all the posiives about online testing and the advantages to it. The article also gives places where teachers can creat online tests and implement it into their classroom more.

This article access the prevalence of marijuana use among college athletes and non-athlete students. They found that marijuana use is higher among non athletes rather than athletes. Also they article finds that students that have used marijuana are more likely to think that the prevalence of use is high on their college campus. The statistics drawn and shown are used to support that the usage of marijuana among curtain college students. This article can help further information of marijuana use among college students. They talk about the use and prevalence of use among college students. There is statistical information also taken that can be more supportive to my paper. This information can better further my argument and show the usage and prevalence of use among college students.

In this article the authors go over several studies that they conducted dealing with giving young children different materials to play with and having them observe different activities. The authors examined the results that they found and concluded how the children would react or how they were more inclined to act based on how they thought. This is interesting based on the different way the children acted and if this has anything to do with what subjects they would be better at.

This article discusses the great impact that self-concepts have on students' grades and performance, mainly in English and mathematics. These authors found different results than have previously been found in tests; they found that "there were significant positive paths from math self-concepts to subsequent math outcomes but not to subsequent English outcomes." Also, they found that girls had higher English and math grades but lower math self-concepts then boys, these results differ from previous test which claimed that the gender difference was diminishing. These results were interesting due to their difference in regards to other tests conducted.