Limit-pushing, as habit of mind, 285–286
Link strategy, used with symbols and substitutes, 75–76
Macroprocesses, and procedural knowledge, 49
Massed practice, for new skills, 102–103, 103f
Mental habits. See Habits of Mind (Dimension 5)
Mental rehearsal, of new skill or process, 96
Mind, habits of. See Habits of Mind (Dimension 5)
Mini-lessons, during workshop classes, 323–324
Misinformation, as error in thinking, 175–176
Mnemonics, and information storage, 80
Monitoring of thinking, as habit of mind, 290–291
Movement, physical, use of in classroom, 23
Negative self-talk, student use of, 33
New information
advance organizer questions for, 68–69
student discovery of, 56–58
Nonexamples vs. examples, 57
Note-taking strategies, using graphic representations, 70, 70f
Number/key word method, of information storage, 77–79
Number/picture method, of information storage, 79
Observation, by teachers, as assessment technique, 314
Open mind, maintenance of, as habit of mind, 277–279
Perceptions and Attitudes. See Attitudes and Perceptions
(Dimension 1)
Performance levels, standards of, 36, 36f
Performance tasks, as assessment technique, 312, 313f
Perseverance, as habit of mind, 284–285
Personality, appeal through, as persuasion technique, 164
Perspective examination matrix, 181, 182f
Perspectives, analyzing. See Analyzing perspectives, as
complex reasoning process
Physical movement, use of in classroom, 23
Physical representations of information, 71, 71f
Pictographic representations of information, 71, 71f
Planning. See also Unit planning
models for, 306–309
Planning appropriately, as habit of mind, 291–293
Poisoning the well, as example of attack in argument, 174
Portfolios, as assessment technique, 313
Position-taking, as habit of mind, 281–282
Positive reinforcement
and habits of mind, 269–270
variation of, in response to correct responses, 19–20
Positive response, to incorrect responses, 19
Positive self-talk, student use of, 33
Practice schedules, for new skills, 102–103, 103f
Predicting, and reciprocal teaching strategy, 59–60
Presentation classes
instructional techniques for, 322–323
integrated with workshop classes, 324–327, 325f–326f
Principles/generalizations, as declarative knowledge, 47–48
advance organizer questions for, 69
graphic organizer for, 65, 68f
Problem solving, as complex reasoning process, 191, 205–213
classroom examples of, 213
critical aspects of, 209–210
graphic organizers for, 210, 211f
model for, 207–208
opportunities to practice, 208–209
teacher- and student-structured tasks for, 211–213
Procedural knowledge, 43–45, 49, 192
acquisition and integration of, 49–50, 50f, 93–105
classroom examples of, 104–105
and content to be covered, 304
summary of strategies for, 111
unit planning for, 106–108
construction of models for, 93–96
internalization of, 101–103
rubric for assessing, 315f
shaping of, 97–100
with standards and benchmarks, 107, 110f
without standards and benchmarks, 107, 109f
Procedures and rules, in classroom, and sense of comfort
and order, 24–25, 25f
Process/cause-effect relationships, as declarative
knowledge, 47
advance organizer questions for, 69
graphic organizer for, 64
Process observers, for habits of mind, 269
Progress habits, for habits of mind, 270, 270f
Project focus, of teacher-student conferences, 327
Projective investigation, 235–236
classroom examples of, 244–245
Pushing limits, as habit of mind, 285–286
Questioning, and reciprocal teaching strategy, 59
Questions, advance, for organizing new information, 68–69
Reason, appeal through, as persuasion technique, 164–165
Reasoning
deductive. See Deductive reasoning
inductive. See Inductive reasoning
Reasoning processes. See Complex reasoning processes,
development of
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