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Learning to Think, Learning to Learn:
What The Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Adult Education
by Jennifer Cromley, published by National Institute for Literacy, c 2000.

Fall 2002

Odessa College Adult Education Program
David Heath, ESOL Coordinator
Irene Kelleher, ABE Coordinator

Written by Alathea Blischke, ESOL Teacher

  Group members: Becky Baze, Marion Crockett, Mary Garcia, and Izabella Richardson
  Facilitator: Alathea Blischke

Table of Contents

  Introduction: The “Cognitive Revolution” in the Classroom
  Fact Sheet 1: Literature is not Science
  Fact Sheet 2: Making Connections
  Fact Sheet 3: Mental Modes
  Fact Sheet 4: Thinking About Thinking
  Fact Sheet 5: Getting Information into Memory
  Fact Sheet 6: Memory and Learning
  Fact Sheet 7: Working Memory and Learning
  Fact Sheet 8: Long-term Memory and Learning
  Fact Sheet 9: How Thinking Develops, Part 1: General and School-Based Development
  Fact Sheet 10: How Thinking Develops, Part 2: Changes in Strategies
  Fact Sheet 11: How Thinking Develops, Part 3: Experience Makes Some Difference for Adults
  Fact Sheet 12: Importance of Teaching Content— A Summary
  Fact Sheet 13: What Does Good Thinking Look Like— A Summary
  Fact Sheet 14: Critical Thinking
  Fact Sheet 15 Active Learning - A Summary
        Fact 15A Stimulate your Active Learning
        Fact 15B Characteristics of Beginners and Experts
  Fact Sheet 16: Problem-Based Learning
  Fact Sheet 17: Supporting Good Thinking
  Appendix:  
  Appendix B: Are There Learning Styles?
  Appendix C: What About the Brain?
  Appendix D: Newsletter Articles


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