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Chapter 8: Thinking Skills and Problem-Solving Strategies



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Other Sites to Explore

  1. Learning Strategies
    http://www.howtolearn.com/ndil3.html
    This Web site offers an online personal learning style inventory as well as several suggestions for how to match classroom instruction and assessment with diverse learning styles.
    Textbook links: see pages 294-297.

  2. Bloom's Taxonomy
    http://www.valdosta.peachnet.edu/~whuitt/psy702/cogsys/bloom.html
    Visit this resource to access a Bloom's Taxonomy chart complete with definitions, associated verbs, and relevant student activities. Includes additional links to information about critical and creative thinking.
    Textbook links: see pages 297-302.

  3. Multiplying Intelligence in the Classroom
    http://www.newhorizons.org/art_miclsrm.html
    This article demonstrates how a teacher applied the theory of multiple intelligences in his elementary science classroom. Textbook links: see pages 304-305.

  4. The Critical Thinking Community: Teacher Resources
    http://www.sonoma.edu/CThink/K12/k12class/trc.nclk
    The Critical Thinking Community offers valuable resources for K-12 educators who are seeking ways to incorporate critical thinking into their everyday curriculum activities. At the site you will find strategies for encouraging independent, higher-level problem solving skills as well as K-12 lesson plans that have been "remodeled" to include dimensions of critical thinking.
    Textbook links: see pages 306-311.

  5. Encouraging Creativity in Early Childhood Classrooms
    http://www.ericeece.org/reggio/edward95.html
    This ERIC Digest offers both teacher-initiated and child-initiated strategies for enhancing young children's self-expression and creativity. Discover effective uses of time, space, materials, classroom environment, and community experiences to foster students' creativity.
    Textbook links: see pages 318-321.



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