Thinking-BasedLearning:PromotingQualityStudentAchievementinthe21stCentury

Thisbookprovidesaccesibleeducationalpracticesthatteacherscanusetoinfuseskillfulthinkingintostandards-basedcontentinstructioninanysubjectareaorgradelevel.Withrichexamplesfrompractice,readerswilllearntoteachstudentshow,forexample,tofindanduseevidencetosupportconclusions,todevelopandarticulatecreativeideas,tolistentoothersseriouslyandwithunderstanding,andtocommunicatetheirthinkingwithclarityandprecision.Theauthorsdemonstratehowtakingtimetofrontloaddeliberate,selectivethinkingpracticescantakestudentstohigherlevelsofachievement.Specificchapterslookattheroleofmetacognitionintheclassroom,translatinggoodthinkingintogoodwriting,andassessmentofprogressinthinking.