Grow students into creative, ethical, and critical thinkers who confidently navigate our changing world. In this comprehensive guide, the author brings together strategies for teaching thinking skills, designing group activities, and promoting a collaborative classroom environment. Begin using these ideas in your own classroom, and watch your students flourish as they learn to question, explore multiple answers, and consider multiple perspectives.

Use this resource to explore the importance of student self-efficacy:

• Understand the development and applications of metacognition.
• Learn how to teach various thinking skills, including critical, creative, and ethical thinking.
• Facilitate strong group dialogue among students.
• Explore problem solving and problem posing in order to encourage thinking-skill usage among students.
• Embed practical strategies for teaching critical thinking skills into everyday classwork.

Contents:
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: Metacognition--The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Chapter 2: Dialogue for Meaning Making
Chapter 3: Protocols for Critical Thinking
Chapter 4: Protocols for Creative Thinking
Chapter 5: Problem Solving and Problem Posing
Chapter 6: Ethical Thinking
References and Resources
Index