Packed with examples and tools, this practical guide prepares teachers across all grade levels and content areas to teach the most critical cognitive skills from the Common Core State Standards. Discover a doable three-phase model of explicit teaching, guided practice in content-based lessons, and authentic application in standards-based performance tasks that will strengthen students' ability to learn across the curriculum.
It is not surprising that the higherorder thinking skill of hypothesizing is cited in the CCSS, as it appears in a number of highyield instructional strategies (Costa & Kallick, 2000; Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).
This book is grounded in the best of current practice and theories surrounding thinking and learning skills.
If so, how do they know these methods are effective? The purpose of this book is to summarize and share a variety of methods for developing students’ critical thinking skills.
Forthcoming in Teaching and Teacher Education Textual references Barman, C. et al. (1989). Addison-Wesley Science: Teacher's Edition, Grade 6. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Marzano, R. (1988).
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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 ...
Directed to teachers, librarians, and staff development personnel, an introduction to teaching thinking skills in the primary grades covers over thirty-five skills and includes reproducible pages of activities for practice.
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