Teaching for Intelligence II

Introduction: New Perspectives on Intelligences Section 1: Flexibility in Thinking: The Capacity to Shift Perspectives, to Generate Alternate Approaches, and to Change One's Mind 1. Systems Change in Education - Peter Senge 2. Unleashing the Power of Perceptual Change - Geoffrey Caine and Renate Caine 3. Changing Curriculum Means Changing Your Mind - Arthur L. Costa Section 2: Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations: The Capacity to Draw Forth Prior Knowledge and Transfer it to New Situations 4. Learning and Transfer--A Tautology - Meir Ben-Hur 5. What Do We Know From Brain Research? - Pat Wolfe and Ron Brandt 6. Art for the Brain's Sake - Robert Sylwester Section 3: Metacognition: The Human Capacity to be Aware of and Reflect on Our Own Thinking 7. Memory, The Thing I Forget With - Robin Fogarty 8. Creativity Is a Decision - Robert J. Sternberg 9. Revisiting Effective Teaching - Pat Wolfe 10. Multiple Intelligences and Reading Instruction - Donna Ogle Section 4: Questioning and Problem Posing: Innate Human Curiosity and the Capacity for Healthy Skepticism 11. The Mad Dash to Compute: Enriching or Eroding Intelligence? - Jane M. Healy 12. Educators Need to Know About the Human Brain - Ron Brandt 13. Raising the Ceiling for All Students: School Improvement From a High-End Learning Perspective - Joseph S. Renzulli Section 5: Striving for Accuracy, Precision and Elegance: The Human Yearning for Craftsmanship 14. Learning Standards - Kay Burke 15. What Sorts of Standards for Teachers? Focusing on Exemplary Elementary Teaching - Jeni Pollack Day and Richard L. Allington 16. Constructivist Assessment in Early Childhood Education - Clifford Hill 17. Test Success in the Brain-Compatible Classroom - Carolyn Chapman and Rita King Section 6: The Humility of Continuous Learning: The Human Capacity for Self-Renewal 18. Challenging Mathematics for Young Children - Herbert P. Ginsburg, Robert Balfanz, and Carole Greenes 19. Reinventing Our Literacy Programs: Books, Basics, Balance - Dorothy S. Strickland 20. Mediated Learning Experience: Professor Reuven Feuerstein Responds to Some Critical Questions - Reuven Feuerstein 21. Learning to Learn: The Cognitive Enrichment Advantage Approach - Donna Wilson and Katherine H. Greenberg Authors Acknowledgments Index