Analytical Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5

✍ Scribed by Emily Hollett, Anna Cassalia

• Publisher: Routledge/Prufrock Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Series: Integrated Lessons in Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Analytical Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5 will teach students to think scientifically, systematically, and logically about questions and problems.

Thinking analytically is a skill which helps students break down complex ideas into smaller parts in order to develop hypotheses and eventually reach a solution. Working through the lessons and handouts in this book, students will learn strategies and specific academic vocabulary in the sub-skills of noticing details, asking questions, classifying and organizing information, making hypotheses, conducting experiments, interpreting data, and drawing conclusions. The curriculum provides cohesive, scaffolded lessons to teach each targeted area of competency, followed by authentic application activities for students to then apply their newly developed skill set.

This book can be used as a stand-alone gifted curriculum or as part of an integrated curriculum. Each lesson ties in both reading and metacognitive skills, making it easy for teachers to incorporate into a variety of contexts.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction to Analytical Thinking
Materials
Introduction: Frame of the Discipline
Primary Source: Artwork Analysis
Thinking Skills Avatar
Bibliography
Chapter 1 Sub-Skill 1: Noticing Details
Noticing Details Lesson 1: Observing Details
Noticing Details Lesson 2: Determining Important Details
Noticing Details Authentic Application Activity: Attribute Blocks Chains
Noticing Details Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Sub-Skill 2: Asking Questions
Asking Questions Lesson 1: Asking Questions to Determine Relationships
Asking Questions Lesson 2: Writing Questions about the World
Asking Questions Authentic Application Activity: Writing Nature Similes
Asking Questions Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Sub-Skill 3: Classifying and Organizing
Classifying and Organizing Lesson 1: Sorting into Sets
Classifying and Organizing Lesson 2: Belonging to Sub-Sets
Classifying and Organizing Authentic Application Activity: Venn Diagrams and Dichotomous Keys
Classifying and Organizing Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 4 Sub-Skill 4: Make a Hypothesis
Make a Hypothesis Lesson 1: Using Observations to Make a Hypothesis
Make a Hypothesis Lesson 2: Curiosity Breeds More Questions
Make a Hypothesis Authentic Application Activity: Introduction to the Scientific Method
Make a Hypothesis Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 5 Sub-Skill 5: Investigate and Reflect
Investigate and Reflect Lesson 1: How Does Failure Lead to Success?
Investigate and Reflect Lesson 2: Analyzing Data to Determine a Conclusion
Investigate and Reflect Authentic Application Activity: Analytical Thinking Code Breaker
Investigate and Reflect Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Appendix A: Assessments
Appendix B: Extensions