Learning to Think, Learning to Learn

By Department of Education

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Excerpt: 2000 Jennifer Cromley Produced with funds from a 1998-99 National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) Literacy Leader Fellowship, Award No. X257I980003. This material is copyrighted and may not be reproduced by any means mechanical or electronic without express written permission of the copyright holder. Non-profit adult education programs have advance permission to reproduce this material for internal use only. Materials must be reproduced as is, including the copyright notice and NIFL information. No editing, adaptation, or modification of any kind is permitted without express written permission of the copyright holder.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Introduction, iv -- The ?Cognitive Revolution? in the classroom -- Teaching means teaching students to think -- What is research? What does it have to offer teachers? -- Is this book for me? -- How to use this book -- Fact Sheet 1: Literature is not Science, 1 -- Fact Sheet 2: Making Connections, 11 -- Fact Sheet 3: Mental Models, 25 -- Fact Sheet 4: Thinking About Thinking, 37 -- Fact Sheet 5: Getting Information into Memory, 47 -- Fact Sheet 6: Memory and Learning, 59 -- Fact Sheet 7: Working Memory and Learning, 63 -- Fact Sheet 8: Long-Term Memory and Learning, 73 -- Fact Sheet 9: How Thinking Develops, Part 1: -- General and School-Based Development, 85 -- Fact Sheet 10: How Thinking Develops, Part 2: -- Changes in Strategies, 97 -- Fact Sheet 11: How Thinking Develops, Part 3: -- Experience Makes Some Difference for Adults, 107 -- Fact Sheet 12: The Importance of Teaching Content?A Summary, 117 -- Fact Sheet 13: What Does Good Thinking Look Like?A Summary, 125 -- Fact Sheet 14: Critical Thinking, 137 -- Fact Sheet 15: Active Learning?A Summary, 147 -- Fact Sheet 16: Problem-Based Learning, 157 -- Fact Sheet 17: Supporting Good Thinking, 171 -- Fact Sheet 18: Adult Learning?A Summary, 183

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Learning to Think, Learning to Learn

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Department of Education

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English

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