GOOD: The book's pages are free of marks and are copy-ready. There is some sign of use in that the front upper corner and some of the front pages have been slightly crinkled, but this does not take away from the readability of the text.
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From Critical Thinking Books & Software, this book belongs in "the #1 selling thinking skills program in the world."
There are pages at the end of the book designed for being copied as transparencies, but they could easily be used for handouts. The publisher has granted reproduction rights for single-classroom use only.
BRIEF CONTENTS:
Introduction
Lesson Plans
Describing Shapes
Figural Similarities and Differences
Figural Sequences
Figural Classifications
Figural Analogies
Describing Things
Verbal Similarities and Differences
Verbal Sequences
Verbal Classifications
Verbal Analogies
Transparency Masters
From the introduction: "The five cognitive skills developed in this series (describing, finding similarities and differences, sequencing, classifying, and forming analogies) were selected because of their prevalence and relevance in academic disciplines. These analysis skills are required in all content areas, including the arts."
Each of the above chapters have several exercises, lesson preparation lists, teaching suggestions, a model lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and "thinking about thinking" questions. At the end of the lessons are "personal application" questions.
