Improving Student Thinking: A Comprehensive Approach - Hardcover

Beyer, Barry K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205150624 ISBN 13: 9780205150625

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1997

Synopsis

Drawing on five contemporary approaches to teaching thinking skills, this guide presents a range of strategies and techniques for improving the thinking of students at any ability level in any subject, in any grade K-12. It includes step-by-step directions, sample lesson plans, activities, and teaching materials. The book should be of interest to K-12 classroom teachers and administrators.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Thinking Skills is still one of the hottest topics in education today, and this book is written by a very well-known author and speaker in education. The author provides step-by-step directions showing how to use each approach, with multiple examples of materials, lessons, and teaching aids. He offers explanations, lesson plans, and teaching techniques teachers can put to immediate use, and explains how to integrate improving thinking with instruction in content. Drawing on five contemporary approaches to teaching thinking skills, this comprehensive guide presents a wide range of strategies and techniques for improving the thinking of students at any ability level in any subject, in any grade, K-12. It includes an abundance of practical, nuts-and-bolts directions, sample lesson plans, activities, and teaching materials, plus diagrams, charts, and other graphics to accommodate the reader who is a visual learner. K-12 Classroom Teachers and Administrators. A Longwood Professsional Book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0205150624
• ISBN 13: 9780205150625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318