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Research Agenda

The following research questions/topics have
been devised to encourage greater focus in
research efforts of NIE staff and postgraduate research students. They are broadly derived
from the three Ministry of Education (MOE)
priorities of teaching critical and creative
thinking, using information technology, and emphasising National Education (NE) in the
school curriculum. Various incentives may be provided to facilitate research in these questions/
topics. They may be used by the NIE grants
funding committee to give preference to these topics and supervisors to encourage research students to conduct research in these fields in
order to get more expert supervision.
1 Teaching Creative & Critical Thinking

1. Fostering metacognitive practices in the
    classroom through teachers' modelling;

2. Metacognitive style of principals in their
    decision-making and leadership;

3. The effect of using the calculator/computer
    in primary mathematics on mental mathe-
    matical processing of primary pupils;

4. How can critical and creative thinking be
    effectively taught to pupils at all levels of
    the educational systems

5. How can we use IT to develop pupils' critical
    and creative thinking skills ?
2 The Use of Information Technology (IT)

1. The impact of IT on the cognitive, communi-
    cative, social-cognitive, socio-emotional,
    moral, physical, and aesthetic development
    of children of different age groups;

2. The effect of IT on students' literacy and     numeracy;

3. How can we make IT more useful for     students' ability to write and to organize     increasing amounts of information?

4. Cross-cultural research on the impact of     telecommunications on critical and creative     thinking; and

5. The effect of different models of the role of IT     in the classroom.
3 Attitudes, values and thinking

1. What attitudes and values influence pupils'
    thinking? (links between values, critical and
    creative thinking, and NE);

2. What are the enabling conditions for the     teaching of values and thinking in the     Singapore classroom?;

3. What are the teacher skills and environmen-     tal conditions that promote the learning of
    attitudes and values?; and

4. Does research on attitudes and values     conducted overseas apply in Singapore     schools?
 

Research Papers & Publications

The following links have more details of the papers on thinking
1 1st Thinking Summer Institute
2 Thinking Research Abstracts On-Line
3 Thinking Processes: Beyond the Surface Curriculum (1998)
edited by Quah May Ling & Ho Wah Kum, Simon & Schuster
(Asia) Pte Ltd.
cover page
6 Special Issue on Thinking, REACT Issue No 2, December 1997
 

Current Research Projects on Thinking Issues

Projects on Thinking
1 Pedagogy for Thinking: A cross-cultural analysis (Ongoing
                                      RP 2/98 HMN) Principal Investigator:
                                      Asst/P Christine Han (NIE).
2 Children as thinkers: The development of understanding
                                 other minds (Ongoing RP 8/98 NSL)
                                 Principal Investigator: Asst/P Carolyn
                                 Tan-Niam (NIE).
3 A longitudinal study of the conscious development of self-knowledge, virtues, volition, creative thinking, personal
and interpersonal skills in gifted children(Ongoing RP6/98TCT)
Principal Investigator: Asst/P Teo Chua Tee (NIE)
4 Enhancing Pupil Thinking in the Primary School (completed)
Principal Investigator: A/P Seng Seok Hoon (NIE)
5 Development of Reflective Thinking and Practices
Among Teachers (completed)Principal Investigator:
A/P Chen Ai Yen (NIE)
6 Mathematical Problem Solving : A Focus on Metacognition
                                                     Principal Investigator:
                                                     Mr Yeap Ban Har (NIE)
 

Research Proposal Submission

If you would like to suggest / propose research that can be undertaken by
the SCTT, please use the form below to submit.

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