ABSTRACT

First published in 1985. This book was created due to involvement of the authors to develop a course to enhance thinking skills. A main aim of which was to determine what is known about the teaching of thinking from current research literature and from the results of efforts to develop cognitive enhancement programs. The primary focus is on intentional, purposeful, goal-oriented thinking-thinking, if you will, for the express purpose of realizing some specific objective.

part I|142 pages

The Challenge of Teaching Thinking

chapter 1|5 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|36 pages

Aspects of Intellectual Competence

chapter 3|20 pages

Some Perspectives on Thinking

chapter 5|32 pages

Errors and Biases in Reasoning

part II|167 pages

Approaches to Teaching Thinking

chapter 6|43 pages

Cognitive Operations Approaches

chapter 7|37 pages

Heuristics Oriented Approaches

chapter 8|21 pages

Formal Thinking Approaches

chapter 10|30 pages

Thinking About Thinking

part III|35 pages

Prospects for Teaching Thinking

chapter 11|10 pages

Evaluation

chapter 12|23 pages

Prospects for Teaching Thinking