The Thought That Counts: Six Skills That Help Kids Turn Notes into Knowledge.

Rankin, Virginia

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ERIC Number: EJ593456

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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The Thought That Counts: Six Skills That Help Kids Turn Notes into Knowledge.

Rankin, Virginia

School Library Journal, v45 n8 p26-29 Aug 1999

Discusses how to help students apply thinking skills to library research and provides examples of techniques for teaching comparing and contrasting, sequencing, classifying, cause and effect, problem solving, and decision making. Examples were effective with middle schoolers but could also be adapted for high school or older elementary school students. (LRW)

Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Problem Solving, Research Skills, School Libraries, Sequential Approach, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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