The fundamental premise of "Thinkback"--based on overwhelming
scientific evidence--is that intelligence is not fixed at birth and
that, with consistent effort, we can dramatically improve our
capacities. It counters the claims of some psychologists that it is
impossible to increase intelligence because that ability is
determined at birth.
"Thinkback" builds on the Think Aloud strategies in Arthur Whimbey
and Jack Lochhead's popular and widely used volume, "Problem
Solving & Comprehension," now in its sixth edition. Since its
publication, thousands of students have used these techniques for
improving thinking and analytic reasoning to increase test scores,
win National Merit
Scholarships, and gain admission to top-ranked professional
schools. Now, "Thinkback" shows how these powerful strategies can
be applied to a range of important academic areas including
mathematics, language arts, social studies, and science.
Thinkback is a tool for student empowerment--a strategy they can
use to improve both their ability to think and their ability to
learn. The Thinkback classroom, on the other hand, is a design for
teacher liberation--enabling them to see learning more clearly than
they ever could before.
This is the only book currently available that contains detailed
models of metacognitive dialogues in the classroom. These dialogues
enable teachers and teacher educators to observe thinking processes
that have previously been invisible and undetectable. Based on over
20 years of careful cognitive research, the dialogues provide
teachers with important insights into the nature of thinking and
problem solving. Thinkback is a picture window on the working mind.
This book:
*Describes the Thinkback strategy for making thinking strategies
explicit, easy to teach, and easy to learn.
*Includes numerous detailed examples that demonstrate the
Thinkback technique. Six quite different learning
strategies--derived from the work of David Perkins, Barry Beyer,
Arthur Whimbey, Joseph Novak, John R. Hayes, and Lev Landa--are
presented to illustrate the range of contexts in which Thinkback
can be used.
*Spans the wide gap between unstructured constructivist-style
instruction and lock-step memorization drills. The Thinkback
technique can convert a teacher-centered rote memory lesson into an
intellectually challenging student-centered exploration, while at
the same time maintaining specific content mastery objectives. Or
it can be used to add subtle structure to an open-ended creative
exercise, allowing students of all levels to benefit and insuring
that no one is left floundering.
"Thinkback" is an important new resource for teachers and students
in high schools, community colleges, and introductory college
programs; industrial trainers; home schoolers; parents; and anyone
else who would like to see learners become more intelligent and are
willing to work to see that they do.
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