- Discuss the importance to teachers of understanding the process
of thinking.
- Define "concept."
- Describe the defining features of concepts.
- Describe the characteristic features of concepts.
- Define "reasoning."
- Compare and contrast deductive reasoning with inductive
reasoning.
- Discuss how reasoning skills are developed.
- Describe the problem-solving cycle.
- Discuss different types of problems.
- Discuss different strategies for solving problems.
- Describe the impediments to problem solving.
- Discuss expertise in problem solving.
- Define "transfer."
- Describe types of transfer
- Discuss teaching for transfer.
- Discuss how teachers can teach students to think more
effectively.
- Describe the use of groups to enhance student thinking.
- Discuss how to model and explicitly teach thinking skills.
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