Stimulate students’ creative-thinking skills, and focus on social issues such as sociology, psychology, ethics, and other topics including civics, geography, and futurism. Teachers can tailor the material to student abilities and backgrounds. An at-a-glance thinking skills chart is included.

Includes 44 activities that promotes a wide range of critical, creative, and logical thinking skills within one book. Topics based on real-life situations are designed to motivate students to answer questions, find solutions, and make discoveries. Correlated to state standards. Includes instructions for obtaining 44 downloadable interactive charts and answer key.

Educators at all levels want their students to develop habits of self-directed learning and critical problem-solving skills that encourage ownership and growth. In The Learner-Directed Classroom, practicing art educators (PreK–16) offer both a comprehensive framework for understanding student-directed learning and concrete pedagogical strategies to implement student-direct learning activities in school. In addition, research-based assessment strategies provide educators with evidence of student mastery and achievement. Teachers who structure self-directed learning activities can facilitate effective differentiation as students engage in the curriculum at their level. This book provides evidence-based, practical examples of how to transform the classroom into a creative and highly focused learning environment. Book Features: Guidance for implementing a learner-directed program, including advocacy, management, differentiated instruction, and resources.Attention to the needs of specific groups of students, including preadolescents, gifted and talented learners, boys, and those with learning differences.Insights into reflective practice and strategies for assessment of learning. Contributors: Catherine Adelman, Marvin Bartel, Katherine Douglas, Ellyn Gaspardi, Clyde Gaw, Lois Hetland, Pauline Joseph, Tannis Longmore, Linda Papanicolaou, Cameron Sesto, George Szekely, Ilona Szekely, Dale Zalmstra “In the present standards-based learning environment, this book is a welcome addition because it presents an alternative pedagogy that puts learners’ needs and interests at the core. Experienced and novice art teachers at all levels who read this book will be motivated to teach in open-ended environments where their choices can make a difference in their students’ lives.” —Enid Zimmerman, Professor Emerita of Art Education and High Ability Programs, Indiana University “From the comfortable couch of the foreword to the exhortative poem at the book’s conclusion, the reader journeys through remarkable classrooms with insightful educators. Practical AND inspirational, the educational principles and points so deftly illustrated herein apply across the disciplines and age spans. An important read for all teachers. A timeless and necessary pedagogy for all classrooms.” —Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, Professor, School of Education, Hofstra University “It is easy to proclaim creativity important and criticize current practices and then offer no actual solutions. This volume is filled with practical tips and hands-on advice aimed at improving self-directed student learning. Any classroom teacher interested in helping students learn, discover, and create will want to read and reread this book.” —James C. Kaufman, Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino, and Editor, International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving “Here at last is a meaningful, practical, and hands-on textbook giving guidance to the classroom teacher about beginning or enriching a choice-based program for students, rather than the traditional regimented art curricula meant to please adults. I highly recommend this book to all who are involved in pedagogy, including parents” —Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Artist Diane B. Jaquith is a K–5 art teacher in Newton, MA and a co-founder of Teaching for Artistic Behavior, Inc., a choice-based art education advocacy organization. She is the co-author of Engaging Learners Through Artmaking: Choice-Based Art Education in the Classroom. Nan E. Hathaway is a middle school art teacher in Duxbury, Vermont. She is a gifted education specialist and is on the board of directors for Teaching for Artistic Behavior, Inc.

Fun and challenging activities and exercises to strengthen children's thinking skills such as logic and problem solving.

Simplify geometry concepts for your students! Geometry Practice is geared towards struggling students and covers the concepts of triangles, polygons, quadrilaterals, circles, congruence, similarity, symmetry, coordinate and non-coordinate geometry, angles, patterns, and reasoning. It also supports NCTM standards and includes clear instructions, examples, practice problems, definitions, problem-solving strategies, an assessment section, answer keys, and references. --Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources. -

Make algebra equations easy for students in grades 6 and up using Pre-Algebra Practice! This 128-page book is geared toward students who struggle in pre-algebra and covers the concepts of real numbers, integers, properties, operations, exponents, square roots, and patterns. The book supports NCTM standards and includes clear instructions, examples, practice problems, definitions, problem-solving strategies, an assessment section, answer keys, and references.

Make algebra equations easy for students in grades 7 and up using Algebra II Practice! This 128-page book is geared toward students who struggle in algebra II and covers the concepts of inequalities, linear equations, polynomial products and factors, rational expressions, roots, radicals, complex numbers, quadratic equations and functions, and variations. The book supports NCTM standards and includes clear instructions, examples, practice problems, definitions, problem-solving strategies, an assessment section, answer keys, and references.