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Link, Frances R., Ed. – 1985
There has been a flood of publications concerned with the teaching of thinking and problem solving, a great many exploring definitions and approaches to instruction. This book explores the implications of recent theoretical positions as in the work of Elliott Jaques, Joseph Walters, and Howard Gardner; examines the long interest and study of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Elias, Maurice J., Ed.; Arnold, Harriett, Ed.; Hussey, Cynthia Steiger, Ed. – 2003
Combining emotional intelligence (EQ) with academic intelligence (IQ) is the essential key to developing knowledgeable, caring, healthy, and successful students in today's troubled world. Educational leaders offer their best ideas in this book for building safe, smart, caring, successful, and emotionally intelligent school communities in 15…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development
Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Kallick, Bena, Ed. – 2000
This book, the first in a series of four, presents a collection of articles focusing on intelligent behaviors called habits of mind. These habits of mind can aid both students and adults in school and daily life as they encounter problems, the resolutions of which are not immediately apparent. The habits are rooted in a modern view of intelligence…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Habit Formation, Higher Education
Presseisen, Barbara Z., Ed. – 1999
This collection of articles offers theories and thoughts presented at the 1998 Teaching for Intelligence Conference. They highlight a wide and diverse range of views on pedagogy, achievement, and the state of education. Section 1, "The Need for Intelligence in Schooling," includes "On the Habit of Informed Skepticism" (Theodore R. Sizer);…
Descriptors: Child Development, Diversity (Student), Educational Change, Educational Environment