Teaching Thinking

by Block, Cathy Collins; Mangieri, John N.; Collins, Cathy

• ISBN13: 9780805808681
• ISBN10: 080580868X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-11-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

Summary

Comprehensively addressing the development of thinking from a wide variety of perspectives, this volume presents original work from cognitive psychologists, curriculum specialists, federal government and business leaders, politicians, educational theorists, and other prominent figures specializing in this complex field. These experts provide directives for teacher education, textbook development, classroom activities, administrative policies, publication procedures, business connections, community education strategies, and whole school projects as sample plans of action. Designed to spark adoptions of the solutions it proposes, this book suggests significant steps that can be taken to move toward more advanced thinking instruction in our educational systems.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction to Chapter 1	p. 1
Reading and Thinking with History and Science Text	p. 1
Acknowledgements	p. 19
References	p. 19
Introduction to Chapter 2	p. 23
Developing Problem-Solving Through Language Arts Instruction	p. 23
References	p. 38
Mathematics Learning and Teaching: What We Have Learned in Ten Years	p. 41
Introduction to Chapter 3	p. 41
References	p. 61
Acknowledgements	p. 61
Thinking Development Through Intervention: Middle School Students Come of Age	p. 65
Introduction to Chapter 4	p. 65
Referencs	p. 81
Validated Approach to Thinking Development for At-Risk Populations	p. 85
Introduction to Chapter 5	p. 85
References	p. 99
Postscript	p. 100
The Prospects for Classroom Thoughtfulness in High School Social Studies	p. 103
Introduction to Chapter 6	p. 103
Acknowledgements	p. 131
References	p. 131
Lifelong Learning in the Learning Society of the Twenty-First Century	p. 133
Introduction to Chapter 7	p. 133
References	p. 143
The Inquiring School: Literacy for the Year 2000	p. 145
Introduction to Chapter 8	p. 145
References	p. 164
Introduction to Chapter 9	p. 167
An Environment For Thinking	p. 167
References	p. 180
Introduction to Chapter 10	p. 183
Changing Societal Needs Changing How We Think About Curriculum and Instruction	p. 183
References	p. 213
Introduction to Chapter 11	p. 221
Reforming Achievement Testing to Promote Students' Learning	p. 221
References	p. 240
Business Partnerships to Build a Thinking Populist	p. 243
Introduction to Chapter 12	p. 243
References	p. 253
Thinking and Acting from a Broad Perspective Community Education	p. 255
Introduction to Chapter 13	p. 255
References	p. 268
Preschool Children . . Masters of Change	p. 269
Introduction to Chapter 14	p. 269
References	p. 289
Introduction to Chapter 15	p. 293
Examining and Influencing Contexts for Intentional Literacy Learning	p. 293
References	p. 314
Critical Thinking and Young Literacy Learners	p. 317
Introduction to Chapter 16	p. 317
References	p. 332
Discussion Fatal Vision -- The Failure of the Schools in Teaching Children to Think	p. 333
Acknowledgments	p. 344
References	p. 344
Author Index	p. 345
Subject Index	p. 355
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