Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6-12
by Jeff Zwiers
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780872075573
Paperback|9780872075573
✨ Featured Offer
Used, Very Good
$10.08
List Price: $29.95
🚚
See all 5 offers from $10.08 FREE standard delivery by: 01 Apr 2026
Overview
Many classroom tasks and texts require additional cognitive skills beyond the reading strategies usually described in the literature on content area reading. This book will help you design effective activities and assessments that foster the academic thinking skills your students need to understand challenging content area concepts taught in school. The chapters are organized into three parts. Part I explains the importance of developing academic thinking skills and the key role that academic language plays in this development. Part I also discusses the key components of assessment and instruction as they relate to the development of academic thinking. Analyzing; Comparing; Categorizing and Classifying; Identifying Cause and Effect; Problem Solving; Persuading; Empathizing; Synthesizing; Interpreting; Evaluating; Communicating; Applying; Each skill-based chapter describes an academic thinking skill, offers a list of academic language terms related to the skill, and provides activities that you can use to strengthen students' use of the skill. All the activities tap into students' multiple intelligences; four intelligences, in particular, are emphasized - social, visual, kinesthetic, and musical - because of their proven effectiveness in how children learn. activities in chapters 3-14. The appendixes offer additional multiple intelligence activities, a list of possible questions and controversial topics for use in classroom discussions and in several of the book's activities, and familiar songs for designing music-based activities. Use this book to provide your adolescent students with the academic thinking skills and language required to comprehend the content area texts they read.
| ISBN-13 | 9780872075573 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0872075575 |
| Weight | 1.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.50 x 0.75 x 10.75 In |
| List Price | $29.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Pages | 272 pages |
| Publisher | International Reading Association |
| Published On | 2004-08-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Used, Very Good
Seller details
Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB
Frederick, MD, USA
Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine cre...
Free delivery by: 01 Apr 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
One Planet Books
Columbia, MO, USA
Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust j...
Free delivery by: 01 Apr 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
SurplusTextSeller
Columbia, MO, USA
Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust j...
Free delivery by: 01 Apr 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB Inc.
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 01 Apr 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Bonita
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Free delivery by: 01 Apr 2026