Ways of Teaching Thinking Thinking through Thinkpoints	Ways of Thinking Contents Introduction Thinking through Thinkpoints     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide Thinking through Dispositions     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide Thinking through Transfer     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide Thinking through Assessment     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide
Practical Profile of Thinking through ThinkPoints General Goals and Expectations Infusion helps teach thinking skills while teaching the regular curriculum content. By using infusion, thinking skills become a means to get students actively processing and developing deeper understanding in the subject areas. Good Uses Units that have thinking processes at the center, such as seeking alternative perspectives. Teaching thinking skills without creating an add-on to the curriculum. Helping students deal thoughtfully with classroom interaction issues. Age Range Works well for elementary ages and up. Infusion is a natural for the early grades because it starts with a concrete instance and moves towards an abstraction. Special attention needs to be given in K-2. Talk about thinking in as concrete terms as possible. Subject Matters All subject matters Materials Needed No special materials, chart paper to record ideas, posters constructed by the class outlining the steps that good thinkers take are often helpful. Preparation Time Needed Teachers will need to become skilled at identifying promising thinkpoints to explore. Otherwise, very little preparation time is necessary. Classtime Needed One exploration of a thinkpoint could take anywhere from a few minutes to a few days or weeks depending upon how much the teacher and students decide to explore it. Homework Uses Infusion provides many opportunities for homework. Teachers might assign one step of a thinking process, such as generating options for a decision point, or perhaps have students identify thinkpoints in their reading. Workability Infusion fits easily into already existing classroom practice. It is highly workable.
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