How to teach thinking skills : 7 key student proficiencies for college and career readiness / James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, and Brian M. Pete.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellanca, James A., 1937- author.

Fogarty, Robin, author.

Pete, Brian M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking--Study and teaching.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Solution Tree Press, 2020.

Summary:

Ensure your students develop the complex, higher-order thinking skills they need to not just survive but thrive in a 21st century world. The latest edition of this best-selling guide by James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, and Brian M. Pete details a three-phase teaching model and dives deep into how to teach seven key student proficiencies: critical thinking, creative thinking, complex thinking, comprehensive thinking, collaborative thinking, communicative thinking, and cognitive transfer. How to teach higher-order thinking skills for student engagement and achievement: * Receive guidance on teaching higher-order thinking skills according to any given standard, including state standards and content-area standards. * Learn how to weave thinking skills and technology into your existing teaching strategies and lesson plans. * Understand how to adapt lessons for various grade levels and subjects. * Gain questions to reflect on after lessons, to ensure that students learn at the highest levels and grow their problem solving and innovative thinking. * Attain tools and reproducibles to facilitate learning and understanding of teaching critical thinking and other 21st century skills. Contents: Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Authors Introduction Student Proficiency 1: Critical Thinking Chapter 1: Analyze Chapter 2: Evaluate Chapter 3: Problem Solve Student Proficiency 2: Creative Thinking Chapter 4: Generate Chapter 5: Associate Chapter 6: Hypothesize Student Proficiency 3: Complex Thinking Chapter 7: Clarify Chapter 8: Interpret Chapter 9: Determine Student Proficiency 4: Comprehensive Thinking Chapter 10: Understand Chapter 11: Infer Chapter 12: Compare and Contrast Student Proficiency 5: Collaborative Thinking Chapter 13: Explain Chapter 14: Develop Chapter 15: Decide Student Proficiency 6: Communicative Thinking Chapter 16: Reason Chapter 17: Connect Chapter 18: Represent Student Proficiency 7: Cognitive Transfer Chapter 19: Synthesize Chapter 20: Generalize Chapter 21: Apply Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Glossary References & Resources Index

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapte 20

Chapter 21

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Glossary

References and Resources

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.