thought and thinking

An evaluation of the sources of illogical decisions explores the reasons why irrational thought often overcomes level-headed practices, offering insight into the structural patterns that cause people to make the same mistakes repeatedly.

Argues that traditional methods of learning can produce mindless behavior and explains why teaching skills and facts conditionally can help people prepare for and react to more intense and complex situations in a more beneficial manner.

The author presents scientific evidence to support his theory that the male and female brains are different, with the male brain predominantly wired for understanding and building systems, and the female for empathy.

Easy-to-follow techniques encourage broader, more expansive thinking that leads to better problem solving and, ultimately, more effective thinking, no matter what the context. In addition, many more exercises designed to enhance and hone thinking skills and break out of detrimental thought patterns have been added.

Offers ideas for improving abstract thinking skills using fairy tales and fantasy designed for the first through sixth-grade classroom, and includes exercises and activity suggestions in a reproducible format.

Presents a comprehensive manual for the sixth through twelfth-grade classroom that helps students develop critical thinking skills, and contains language activities on problem solving, identifying cause and effect, comparing and classifying, evaluating, and more.

Provides four methods, inductive learning, mystery, main idea, and investigation, for developing inference in students.