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Costa, Arthur L.; Marzano, Robert – Educational Leadership, 1987
Emphasizing the linguistic nature of instruction and the importance of labeling, this article identifies seven starting points for creating a classroom language of cognition: (1) using precise vocabulary; (2) posing critical questions; (3) providing data, not solutions; (4) giving directions; (5) probing for specificity; (6) modeling metacognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Role

Melville, Scott – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1985
Teacher-tested ideas for teaching and evaluating cognitive skills of students in physical education programs are offered. (DF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods

Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1988
In this interview, author Art Costa asserts that the teaching of either content or thinking skills in isolation is unproductive. To combine these approaches, he recommends selecting content for its relationship to thought processes. He also observes that administrators who model intelligent behavior thereby create a climate for thinking. (TE)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes

Quinby, Nelson – Educational Leadership, 1985
Presents an interview with an intelligence expert and author who proposes that the scope of intelligence testing be broadened according to his new taxonomy of intelligence, and that schools use intelligence tests to diagnose individual students' strengths and weaknesses. (MCG)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking