Teaching Higher-Order Thinking to Young Learners, K–3

Steffen Saifer, EdD, a former teacher and administrator, is an international consultant and writer. He is the author of Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem: The Survival Guide for Early Childhood Professionals, now in its third edition.

Table of Figures

Meet the Author

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Thinking about Thinking

Chapter 1. An Educational Imperative

Chapter 2. Types of Thinking Skills: The Tools in Our Head

Chapter 3. Lower-Order Thinking (LOT) Skills: Functional . . . If Not Always Fun

Chapter 4. Middle-Order Thinking (MOT) Skills: Only a Path, but the Only Path, to Wisdom

Chapter 5. Higher-Order Thinking (HOT) Skills: Instruments of Insight, Innovation, and Invention

Chapter 6. Thought Processes: Common Tasks, Uncommon Thinking

Part 2. Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn

Chapter 7. Higher-order Thinking in Action: Supports and Challenges

Chapter 8. HOT Teaching Precepts: Head, Heart, and Humor

Chapter 9. HOT Teaching Methods: Context, Cognition, and Creativity

Chapter 10. HOT Instructional Supports: Sparks, Similes, and Smiles

Chapter 11. Teaching Reading and Writing with Higher-Order Thinking: Yearning to Learn

Index