How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards
Written in a style reflecting the very thinking skills they adamantly support, Bellanca, Fogarty, and Pete prompt educators to think critically, creatively, and comprehensively about the complex realities of integrating the Common Core State Standards in each classroom. The practical and clear strategies they detail foster crisp communication and purposeful collaborative efforts to generate mindful and cognitively rigorous learning experiences. Adaptable for any setting,How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Coreshould be in the library of professionals seeking a schoolwide approach to actualize this exciting national initiative. --Heidi Hayes Jacobs, President and Founder of Curriculum Designers, Inc.; Executive Director of the Curriculum Mapping InstituteThe Common Core will only realize its full potential to prepare our students for 21st century challenges if it truly helps them develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. That will only happen if our teachers have concrete, practical tools to help them in that endeavor. This book is precisely that kind of tool. --Ken Kay, CEO, EdLeader21; Founding President, Partnership for 21st Century SkillsIn this book, Jim, Robin, and Brian successfully expand on the key 4Cs of communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. Their work should serve as key starting point for teachers who are taking on the challenge of preparing students to be college and career ready with rich and rigorous 21st century skills within the Common Core. --Timothy J. Magner, Executive Director of Partnership for 21st Century Skills