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Ross, Elinor Parry – 1998
Learning how to think is essential for children to grow into responsible citizens and contribute to society. Schools need curricula that support a variety of thinking strategies as students read, write, and study content-area subjects, and learn to evaluate and manage what they do. This book for teachers provides a framework for creating a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning
Myers, Robert E. – 1998
The 40 activities contained in this book were designed to persuade students to think both critically and creatively. The activities call for the use of all 18 of E. Paul Torrance's creative thinking abilities. The theoretical underpinnings for this collection are based upon philosophical and pedagogical beliefs that experiences be positive: if…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
Myers, Robert E. – 1998
The activities in this book were designed to encourage students to perceive what is going on around them, to be both receptive to and critical of the ideas of others, to analyze problems, to elaborate upon ideas, to explore possibilities, and to see relationships. The activities call for all 18 of E. Paul Torrance's creative thinking abilities.…
Descriptors: Art, Class Activities, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking