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Informationen zum Autor Nancy J. Polette is professor of education at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, author of more than 100 professional books, and an in-demand speaker at state and national library, gifted, and reading conferences. Klappentext This step-by-step introduction to teaching thinking skills will be useful to teachers, librarians, and staff development personnel. Each thinking skill is presented in a one-page reproducible format (easily adapted to a transparency or PowerPoint slide), followed by several self-contained activities teaching that skill using fairy tales and fantasy books as the basis. Over 30 skills are included, ranging from deductive reasoning to inferential and perceptual thinking. An ideal resource for gifted education teachers, this is the first book in this format to provide such a breadth of coverage. Zusammenfassung This step-by-step introduction to teaching thinking skills will be useful to teachers! librarians! and staff development personnel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction What is Thinking? Abstract Thinking Affective Domain Analyze Assoicate Thinking Attribute Listing Brainstorming Classify/Categorize Compare Comprehension Conceptualize Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Decision-Making Deductive Thinking Elaboration Evaluation Fluency/Flexibility Forecasting Generalizing Grouping Hypothesize Imagination Inductive Reasoning Inferring Interpret Jargon Judge Knowledge Logical Thinking Metaphorical Thinking Mnemonics Originally Perceptual Thinking Planning Predicting Predictive Reading Problem Solving Questioning Reversible Thinking Sequencing Symbolic Thinking
