Cognition, Thinking & Understanding

The Thinking Classroom: Learning and Teaching in a Culture of Thinking

Going beyond the piecemeal approach of injecting thinking skills into existing classroom lessons or units, The Thinking Classroom shows how to transform the classroom, through a culture of thinking, into a place where the many aspects of high-level thoughts, skills, attitudes, values, and habits of mind are supported and encouraged by the learning environment. ISBN: 978-0205165087

Thinking Connections: Learning to Think and Thinking to Learn

Thinking Connections includes step-by-step instructions and practical suggestions for teaching three strategies: Mental Management: A strategy that develops an awareness of how the thinking process works and presents a three-step method to control and improve thinking for any task in any subject. Decision-Making: A strategy that presents a series of three questions to be considered and answered in order to evaluate of make thoughtful decisions in or out of the classroom.Understanding through Design: A strategy that allows students to analyze and evaluate almost anything in a systematic way in order to discover its meaning and achieve a genuine understanding of it. Thinking Connections was designed to be used across the curriculum, beginning in upper elementary levels and continuing through teacher training. ISBN: 978-0201819984

Making Numbers Make Sense: A Sourcebook for Developing Numeracy

This book, designed for elementary and middle-school classrooms, provides instructional guidance, a collection of lessons and blackline masters, suggestions for authentic assessment, and ideas for school-wide projects. The thirty-five lessons promote an investigative style of teaching and learning;spark investigations that require active participation and group cooperation;develop students numeracy;make use of readily available hands-on materials to promote visualization and internalization of new concepts;emphasize students active construction of meaning; and support the goals of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards.The real-world quality of many of the lessons makes them an excellent motivational tool. Connections are made between math ideas and other subject areas, and many of the lessons tie in with children's literature. ISBN: 978-0201817492

Multiple Intelligences: In a Nutshell

A description of the history and theory behind Multiple Intelligences.

Knowledge as Design

We all play the roles of teacher or learner many times in life, in school, and home, on the job and even at play. How can we strengthen those roles, striving for deep understanding and sound thinking? Knowledge as Design demonstrates the strong but neglected unity between learning and critical and creative thinking. Author David Perkins discloses how the concept of design opens a doorway into a deeper exploration of any topic, academic or everyday. ISBN: 978-0898598636