Since about 1983 the venerable construct of critical thinking has become an educational juggernaut. See for an overview of this recent critical thinking activity, and also Follman (1991) for a correlative overview of the recent critical reading activity.A main plank in the rationale for enhancing critical thinking of children in general is the finding that 80% of third graders, more than half of seventh graders, and 36% of eleventh graders scored minimally or inadequately when reading critically (Vobejda). More specifically, of36,000 public and private school students, less than 1% ofthird graders, 8% of seventh graders, and 23% of eleventh graders performed at the highest level on reading performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

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