Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6–12
A Handbook of Multiple Intelligence Activities
Jeff Zwiers
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Preface
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Master List of Activities
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Part I: Foundation and Background
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Chapter 1
Academic Thinking With Academic Language
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Chapter 2
Teacher Habits for Developing Thinking, Language, and Content
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Part II: Twelve Academic Thinking Skills
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Chapter 3
Analyzing
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Chapter 4
Comparing
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Chapter 5
Categorizing and Classifying
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Chapter 6
Identifying Cause and Effect
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Chapter 7
Problem Solving
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Chapter 8
Persuading
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Chapter 9
Empathizing
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Chapter 10
Synthesizing
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Chapter 11
Interpreting
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Chapter 12
Evaluating
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Chapter 13
Communicating
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Chapter 14
Applying
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Part III: Reproducibles
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Appendix A
Activities for Multiple Intelligences
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Appendix B
Deep Questions and Controversial Topics
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Appendix C
List of Familiar Tunes for Making Up Songs
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References and Suggested Resources
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Index
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