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Vining, Patricia Ferguson – G/C/T, 1979
The author presents logic/strategy games to develop logical thinking in primary-grade gifted students. Procedures and materials are described for such games as Odd Man On, Even-Out, and Hex. A list of references on the development of logical thinking in young gifted, creative, and talented children is also provided. (SBH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Games, Gifted, Logical Thinking

Wagner, Paul A.; Penner, Janet – Roeper Review, 1982
Gaming (the use of formal games for specific academic purposes) is a method for teaching formal thinking processes that is particularly suited to the gifted student. Various games can be used to develop deductive reasoning, the concept of subsets, inductive reasoning, and attention to detail. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted

Buser, Karen P.; Reimer, Dauri – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
A program designed to teach cognitive strategies through logical problem-solving and developed for elementary learning disabled students is presented. For each problem set, the instructional procedure involves a discovery activity, discussion, conclusion, follow-up activities, and integration. Five samples of the program's problem sets (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies

Isenberg, Joan P.; Jacobs, Judith E. – Childhood Education, 1981
Advocates the use of classification activities in the elementary school curriculum as a means of developing thinking skills in children. Critical preclassification skills, classification activities (including simple and multiple classification), and classification tasks and materials are discussed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Barell, John; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1988
Programs to teach students critical thinking must empower them to be self-directed, but they must also stress respect and empathy for the viewpoints of others. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

McTighe, Jay; Lyman, Frank T., Jr. – Educational Leadership, 1988
Thinking tools bring sound instructional theory into the classroom in a practical form that students and teachers both enjoy using. Six such tools are described that have the general characteristics of psychological validity, concreteness, relevance to teachers, and differentiation by type of learning. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Beyer, Barry K. – Educational Leadership, 1988
Suggests basic principles to guide the construction of an integrated sequential guide for thinking skills instruction throughout the K-12 curriculum. Strategies emphasize introducing and reinforcing cognitive operations such as information processing, problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Melchior, Timothy M.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1988
Describes the use of Edward de Bono's CoRT (Cognitive Research Trust) program in English classes during the past five years at Memorial Junior High School in Valley Stream, New York. CoRT tools were used to analyze literary characters and plot development and to generate and organize ideas for writing assignments. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Derrico, Patricia J. – Educational Leadership, 1988
With Matthew Lipman's Philosophy for Children program, middle school students and their teachers in the Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) Area School District use dialectical reasoning strategies as they contemplate perennial questions. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Barbieri, Edmund L. – Educational Leadership, 1988
At Westover (Connecticut) Elementary Magnet School, a teacher training program called "Talents Unlimited" focuses on critical and creative thinking, invites children to become active learners, and enables teachers to function as facilitators of learning. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Schlichter, Carol L.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1988
"Talents Unlimited," a research-based model for teaching thinking at the elementary level, has proven to be an effective model for the secondary level as well at schools in New Mexico, Arkansas, and Alabama. The program emphasizes strategies that help teachers integrate practice in thinking skills with academic content. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Barbieri, Edmund L. – Educational Leadership, 1988
"Talents Unlimited," a program developed in Mobile (Alabama) County Public Schools in 1971, nurtures students' abilities in five talent areas as the foundation for academic proficiency: productive thinking, communication, forecasting, decision making, and planning. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Shulik, Jacqueline P. – Educational Leadership, 1988
Teachers in Howard County, Maryland, are finding that project IMPACT, a critical thinking skills curriculum originally designed for remedial junior high school students, can be successfully adapted for elementary students also. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

King, Lean; King, Rita – Educational Leadership, 1988
Tactics for Thinking is a comprehensive staff development program that can be adapted to specific curriculum needs in local districts. San Diego County (California) is training teachers in three categories of cognitive strategies: learning to learn, content thinking skills, and reasoning skills. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies

Pickering, Debra; Harvey, Karen – Educational Leadership, 1988
Teachers in Cherry Creek, Colorado, have selected a variety of programs for teaching thinking, according to the needs of their students and their own interests. A thinking skills framework modeled after ASCD's Dimensions of Thinking (Marzano et al., 1988) is now being proposed. (TE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies