Download or read book Practical Thinking: Review of Cognitive Instruction Programs for Battle Command written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ARI developed a program of instruction on thinking reasoning and decision making at the request of the Training and Doctrine Command and the Command and General Staff School. Approaches to cognitive instruction are reviewed in the report. The findings support the adoption of a cognitive skills approach, but the benefits of the previous programs have not always been well established. The 15 programs that were reviewed identify various cognitive and metacognitive skills, attitudes, heuristics and tools that were applicable to a curriculum for Practical Thinking. None of the previous programs were developed for application to specific job domains, and only two included adults in the targeted training audience. The review shows that previous programs have not been applied to specific career or job tracks, including Army leadership positions.