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Analyse it- 10-minute Activators
Brilliant 10-minute analysis activators! Students use classifying skills and Venn diagrams to develop critical thinking skills: list attributes of common items; analyse and compare items; find the Odd One Out; analyse and classify visually. Encourages analytical thinking as well as though READ MORE

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Attribobs
Another disarmingly simple yet challenging card game that becomes as complex as you want it to! Improves vocabulary, analytical thinking, and creativity, often with much laughter! Involves critical & creative thinking - what attributes do the 2 items have in common? Students can play choosin READ MORE

Price: $18.00
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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Brain Revvers bk3
Book 3, Year 7-10
Stimulating warmer-uppers designed to give you 5 to 10-minute activities to rev up your students' brains and get them into gear for thinking! Compiled from various ThinkShop best-sellers, with some new Brain Revvers added in to the mix. All are aimed at higher-level thi READ MORE


Price: $30.00
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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Brain Stations: A Thinking Centred Approach
A superb collection of creative and critical thinking activities sure to delight and stimulate your students thinking. From choosing what to take to a desert island (and giving supporting reasons), to imagining what various symbols could represent, to toothpick puzzles and cutting activiti READ MORE

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CORNELL Critical Thinking Tests
The two booklets can be used as a teaching tool or as a formal evaluation of critical thinking abilities. Very popular with students; they have to use critical thinking to answer questions as a storyline unfolds, based on what they have read so far. For example, in Booklet X you are a spac READ MORE

Price: $63.00
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AUTHOR: Robert Ennis
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CORT bks 1 & 4
These two books contain everything you need for a year's worth of thinking skills teaching. Each book includes clear lesson plans, activities and even sample student responses.
Book One - Breadth covers the basic tools such as PMI, CAF etc.
Book Four - Creativity is an excellent cr READ MORE


Price: $76.00
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AUTHOR: Edward de Bono
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CoRT Thinking Skills Books
$44 per book in the series. Click on title for details or to purchase.
For the teacher who wants to get more serious about thinking skills, here are Edward de Bono's classic teachers' guidebooks to teaching thinking skills as tools. More rigorous and specific tools READ MORE


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AUTHOR: Edward de Bono
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  CORT 1: PMI etc: $42
  CORT 2: organisation: $42
  CORT 3: critical thinking: $42
  CORT 4: creativity: $42
  CORT 5: values: $42
  CORT 6: consolidator: $42
  FULL CORT SET $232: save $32!
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Creative UNIT Extenders
Extenders to push units in mind-expanding new directions. Unit topics include recycling, space, natural disasters, insects, and 10 more thought-stimulating concepts. As requested, and based on our best-selling Creativity Extenders format; complete with student self-assessment tools. READ MORE

Price: $34.00
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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Creativity Extenders
Best-selling companion to Creativity Starters, with thought-extending activities that result in eye (and brain)-catching posters for your walls. Extends lateral thinking with work sheets that are perfect for those spare few minutes, for home- or class-work challenges.Students can have a 5- READ MORE

Price: $34.00
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Creativity Starters
This is the book you need to introduce your students to creative thinking as well as to teach them to assess and improve their individual scores. Fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration all addressed. Students love these creativity starters!
Fun discussions, either one-on-one READ MORE


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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Critical Squares
Inquiry Learning? This is for you! Developed through Project Zero at the Harvard School of Education, these simple but powerful activities are designed to develop students' critical-thinking skills and deepen their understanding of topics they are already studying with you.
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Price: $49.00
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ISBN: SBN-13: 978-1-56308-490-4
AUTHOR: Shari Tishman
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Developing a Thinking Classroom
Wanting a thinking skills curriculum for your school? Yet another great thinking skills book by Clinton Golding, aimed to help teachers support students in becoming more thoughtful thinkers and questioners. Includes background information and a series of effective thought-provoking exercis READ MORE

Price: $37.00
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AUTHOR: Clinton Golding
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Dysgraphia: Why Johhny Can't Write, 3rd ed
A much-sought-after book. Provides guidelines for recognizing and identifying children with dysgraphia, parenting and teaching methods, and numerous tips and resources. You'll find information of particular value and interest if you're a parent, teacher, pediatrician, neurologist, psycholo READ MORE

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Future Thinking
This goldmine offers teachers a range of activities to provide students with challenging and rewarding educational experiences- from Habits of Mind to Metacognition to Learning Styles to MI and evaluation. This goldmine of a book includes photocopiable activities. Originally developed as a READ MORE

Price: $48.00
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AUTHOR: Anne Sturgess
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Games for Thinking
Children (and adults) love playing games, and this resource will promote thinking and learning while they play. 120 stimulating, easy-to-play games grouped as language, logical-mathematical, and visual spatial kinaesthetic games; each game complete with discussion plans and thinking activi READ MORE

Price: $45.00
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AUTHOR: Robert Fisher
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Graphic Thinkers
Need tools to help your students to organise their thinking? And to get them using higher-level thinking? Then this is the book for you! This set of graphic organisers will encourage broader and deeper thinking and teach problem-solving strategies such as analysis and ranking using criteri READ MORE

Price: $36.00
Age range: No
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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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Great Debating Ideas
Want to get your students debating, thinking and talking? Well here's the book you've been searching for! Ideal for stimulating oral ability, thinking and formal debating skills. This resource not only provides 101 high-interest topics to debate, but offers 'starter packs' to get students READ MORE

Price: $45.00
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ISBN: 1876973870
AUTHOR: Ron Shaw
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HOT Units, bk 2- Higher order Thinking
Plug these hot units right into your classroom. Three books in this series, chock full of Bloom's-based units to extend your class units. A wealth of activities to easily incorporate higher-level thinking into your curriculum, or as extension activities.Bk 2 topics (Y5-8) include:A Class Mus READ MORE

Price: $44.00
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AUTHOR: Elaine Le Sueur
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How To Identify Gifted & Talented Students
A practical guide to help you get past that camouflage, and accurately identify Gifted and talented students. Details specific tests and screens for you to get the ball rolling in your school with defensible ID. Includes screens such as questionnaires but not the published tests like Raven READ MORE

Price: $47.00
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AUTHOR: Jean Edwards
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How To Teach Thinking Skills
AT LAST! A practical introduction to teaching thinking skills. Includes enough theory for thorough comprehension, as well as a substantial Toolbox of ready-to-use activities to get your class really thinking! Truly a best-seller. Some schools are buying one for each teacher or one for each READ MORE

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