The Resource Why America's children can't think : creating independent minds for the 21st century, Peter Kline
Why America's children can't think : creating independent minds for the 21st century, Peter Kline
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- Summary
- Arguing against the use of standardized testing, the author uses his experience as an innovative teacher to outline a plan for fostering creative thinking among American youth through the teaching and practice of reading
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 405 pages
- Contents
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- pt. 1. Building the foundation -- The great conversation -- A civilization challenged to literacy -- The birth of awareness -- The mystery and miracle of language -- Visualization -- How the brain learns to read a text -- Visual Problems in reading -- Decrazifying English -- We're always reading about ourselves -- Interlude -- pt. 2. Constructing the edifice -- Reading to promote thinking -- Reading as a conscious process -- Constructing a personal view -- Finding ourselves in a book -- How teachers can help -- Getting the beginning straight -- Appreciating writing style -- Building mental models -- Reason and emotion
- Discussing books with orders -- Writing our thoughts for others -- Writing as integration of experience -- Looking for Mr. Shakespeare -- Constructing a worldview
- Isbn
- 9781930722101
- Label
- Why America's children can't think : creating independent minds for the 21st century
- Title
- Why America's children can't think
- Title remainder
- creating independent minds for the 21st century
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Kline
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Arguing against the use of standardized testing, the author uses his experience as an innovative teacher to outline a plan for fostering creative thinking among American youth through the teaching and practice of reading
- Cataloging source
- CLE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kline, Peter
- Dewey number
- 370.118
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LB1062
- LC item number
- .K58 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Creative thinking in children
- Critical thinking in children
- Cognition in children
- Label
- Why America's children can't think : creating independent minds for the 21st century, Peter Kline
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- pt. 1. Building the foundation -- The great conversation -- A civilization challenged to literacy -- The birth of awareness -- The mystery and miracle of language -- Visualization -- How the brain learns to read a text -- Visual Problems in reading -- Decrazifying English -- We're always reading about ourselves -- Interlude -- pt. 2. Constructing the edifice -- Reading to promote thinking -- Reading as a conscious process -- Constructing a personal view -- Finding ourselves in a book -- How teachers can help -- Getting the beginning straight -- Appreciating writing style -- Building mental models -- Reason and emotion
- Discussing books with orders -- Writing our thoughts for others -- Writing as integration of experience -- Looking for Mr. Shakespeare -- Constructing a worldview
- Control code
- 50610237
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 405 pages
- Isbn
- 9781930722101
- Lccn
- 2004298118
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)50610237
- Label
- Why America's children can't think : creating independent minds for the 21st century, Peter Kline
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. Building the foundation -- The great conversation -- A civilization challenged to literacy -- The birth of awareness -- The mystery and miracle of language -- Visualization -- How the brain learns to read a text -- Visual Problems in reading -- Decrazifying English -- We're always reading about ourselves -- Interlude -- pt. 2. Constructing the edifice -- Reading to promote thinking -- Reading as a conscious process -- Constructing a personal view -- Finding ourselves in a book -- How teachers can help -- Getting the beginning straight -- Appreciating writing style -- Building mental models -- Reason and emotion
- Discussing books with orders -- Writing our thoughts for others -- Writing as integration of experience -- Looking for Mr. Shakespeare -- Constructing a worldview
- Control code
- 50610237
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xxv, 405 pages
- Isbn
- 9781930722101
- Lccn
- 2004298118
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)50610237
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