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Polette, Nancy

by Nancy Polette

Teacher Ideas Press

2005

vi, 160 p. ill. 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index. , What is thinking? -- Who needs thinking skills -- Abstract thinking -- Making the abstract concrete -- Affectve domain -- Ugly duckling -- Analyze -- Mother Goose land -- Analyzing characters -- Associative thinking -- Associative thinking game -- Riddles -- Fairy tale alphabet -- Attribute listing -- Create a chant -- Data bank -- Brainstorming -- Poetry writing -- Brainstorming session -- Classify/categorize -- Word categories -- Guess the group -- Wizard of Oz exercise -- Compare -- Compare exercises -- Comprehension -- Comprehension questions -- Comprehension of a visual -- Conceptualize -- Developing a concept -- Fantasy concept -- Creative thinking -- Creative thinking exercises -- Critical thinking -- Critical thinking exercise -- Decision making -- Decision making exercises -- Deductive thinking -- Deductive thinking exercises -- Elaboration -- Elaboration exercises -- Evaluation -- Evaluation exercises -- Fluency/flexibility -- Fluency exercises -- Forecasting -- Forecasting exercises -- Generalizing -- Generalizing exercises -- Grouping -- Grouping exercises -- Hypothesize -- Take a poll -- Imagination -- Imagination questions -- Create a Cinderella -- Inductive reasoning -- Catch the clue -- Putting a tale together -- Inferential thinking -- Inferring exercises -- Interpret -- Interpreting exercises -- Jargon -- Judge -- Judging exercises -- Knowledge -- Knowledge exercises -- Logical thinking -- Logic puzzles -- Metaphorical thinking -- Using metaphor -- Mnemonics -- Mnemonics exercises -- Originality -- Originality exercises -- Perceptual thinking -- Perception exercises -- Planning -- Planning exercises -- Predicting -- Predictive exercises -- Predictive reading -- Problem solving -- Problem-solving exercises -- Questioning -- Reversible thinking -- Sequencing -- Symbolic thinking -- Write your own fairy tale

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