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February 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 5
Marge Scherer
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Nel Noddings
Any subject promotes critical thinking if it is taught in intellectually challenging ways.
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Veronica Boix Mansilla and Howard Gardner
Disciplinary thinking lets students in on how experts, scholars, and artists interpret the world.
Arthur L. Costa
Five themes to encourage deep, skillful thought.
Robert J. Swartz
How to lead students to tackle large questions.
Terry Roberts and Laura Billings
Whether encountering a math problem or a poem, learning to think requires frequent practice.
Ann S. Epstein
What would happen if … ? Youngsters begin to think for themselves.
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Shari Tishman
To think things through, start with observation.
Joel Westheimer
Nowhere are debates about patriotism more consequential than in our schools.
Ron Ritchhart and David Perkins
How to model and examine the mind's activity.
Marion Brady
The case for teaching the kind of knowledge that isn't in textbooks.
Amy M. Azzam
The urban debate movement gives students a voice.
W. James Popham
Jane L. David
Douglas B. Reeves
Joanne Rooney
Nathan Holbert
Do computer games have lessons for lesson planners?
Pamelia D. Valentine
Visual literacy involves decoding famous paintings.
Naomi Thiers
Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner
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