Five skills to learning how to learn : from confusion to AHA! / Guinevere Durham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durham, Guinevere, 1937- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition in children.

Critical thinking in children.

Study skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Those who work with children--teachers and home-schooling parents, continually search for print material and media resources that will "help me help my kids!" Five Skills to Learning How to Learn provides practical materials and easy to follow activities to help educators and parents nurture, guide, and facilitate learning with their children.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

I: The Groundwork: Understanding the Style of How We Learn

Chapter One: Introduction

II: The Nitty-Gritty: The What, the Why, and the How of the Five Skills

Chapter Two: Logic: The Rationale

Chapter Three: Critical Thinking: The Assurance

Chapter Four: Problem Solving: The Process

Chapter Five: Investigating: The Clues

Chapter Six: Experimenting: The Proof

III: The Digging In

Chapter Seven: A Child's "Work" Is "Play"

Chapter Eight: Logic

Chapter Nine: Critical Thinking

Chapter Ten: Problem Solving

Chapter Eleven: Investigating

Chapter Twelve: Experimenting

IV: The Keeping Fit

Chapter Thirteen: Proactive Steps for Physical Health

V: Aha!

Chapter Fourteen: Summary and Conclusion

Breaking the Code: Definitions of Terms

Resources

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-82-16-20676-7

1-4758-1344-9

1-4758-1346-5

OCLC:

902673707