Thinking Strategies for Science, Grades 5-12 [Paperback]

With reproducibles and a new section on designing activities, this revised edition presents strategies and standards-aligned lessons that strengthen student comprehension and higher-level thinking skills in science.
With reproducibles and a new section on designing activities, this revised edition presents strategies and standards-aligned lessons that strengthen student comprehension and higher-level thinking skills in science.
Provides helpful, guided, step-by-step procedures for new and seasoned teachers to review and reassess their methods?for teaching students how to collect, organize, and analyze new ideas. The ideas will be valuable to teachers seeking ways to engage students in learning. Presents strategies to engage students in making meaning out of prior knowledge, texts, and specific content. Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part I. Gathering Information
1. The People Search: Getting to Know You
2. KNL: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know? What Have We Learned?
3. Asking Questions: What I Really Do Not Understand Is...
4. The Prediction Guide: Becoming More Focused Readers
5. The Importance of Using Precise Labels: Latch Onto a Label
6. Think-Pair-Share: And the Answer Is. . .
7. Making Observations: It Makes Cents to Me
8. Accurate Observations: Hide in Plain Sight
Part II. Processing Information
9. Mental Modeling: What Is Behind Door Number Two?
10. Becoming Better Listeners: What a Bright Idea
11. The Venn Diagram: Frogs and Salamanders
12. Using a Fishbone: The Planets Organized
13. One Way to Use a Matrix: That Is My Pet Matrix
14. Looking for Attributes: Scavenger Hunt
Part III. Analyzing and Applying Information
15. Lateral Thinkl³—