The Teaching of Thinking
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1985
Book
Hardback
398 pages
978-0-89859-539-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1985. This book was created due to involvement of the authors to develop a course to enhance thinking skills. A main aim of which was to determine what is known about the teaching of thinking from current research literature and from the results of efforts to develop cognitive enhancement programs. The primary focus is on intentional, purposeful, goal-oriented thinking-thinking, if you will, for the express purpose of realizing some specific objective.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
900 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89859-539-0 (9780898595390)
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Additional editions
R. S. Nickerson | D. N. Perkins | E. E. Smith
The Teaching of Thinking
E-Book
01/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.49
Available for download
R. S. Nickerson | D. N. Perkins | E. E. Smith
The Teaching of Thinking
E-Book
01/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€73.99
Available for download
Persons
Raymond S. Nickerson, David N. Perkins, Edward E. Smith
Content
PART I: THE CHALLENGE OF TEACHING THINKING 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCE 3. SOME PERSPECTIVES ON THINKING 4. PROBLEM SOLVING, CREATIVITY AND METACOGNITIONPART II: APPROACHES TO TEACHING THINKING 6. COGNITIVE OPERATIONS APPROACHES 7. HEURISTICS ORIENTED APPROACHES 9. THINKING THROUGH LANGUAGE AND SYMBOL MANIPULATION 10. THINKING ABOUT THINKING PART III: PROSPECTS FOR TEACHING THINKING 11. EVALUATION 12. PROSPECTS FOR TEACHING THINKING