While researchers and teachers are still sorting out which programs work best in which circumstances, some basic ideas about thinking can be used by teachers. Suggestions for encouraging thinking in the classroom are offered. (MT)

Eleven specific thinking skills are discussed, along with activities to help teachers develop each skill in their students. The skills are: (1) observing; (2) comparing; (3) classifying; (4) imagining; (5) hypothesizing; (6) looking for assumptions; (7) collecting and organizing data; (8) summarizing; (9) interpreting; (10) problem solving; and…