Educational Leadership , Alexandria, VA., 22-32. To Think . National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 3. Resnick provides an excellent summary of current research related to the development of thinking abilities. The 77th Yearbook of the National Study of Education .
Research supporting the efficacy of direct instruction is provided.
Effects of teaching thinking skills on SAT scores. Educational Leadership , Alexandria, VA., 50-51. The study compared the SAT verbal scores of two matched groups of seniors from the same urban high school in Baltimore, Maryland. While both groups took the SAT, only the experimental group participated in the Think program. This participation consisted of direct instruction in thinking skills using the Think program two days per week during the language arts period.