Convergent Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5

✍ Scribed by Emily Hollett, Anna Cassalia

• Publisher: Routledge/Prufrock Press
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 205
• Series: Integrated Lessons in Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Convergent Thinking for Advanced Learners, Grades 3–5 will teach students how to approach problems with a critical and evidence-based mindset.

Convergent thinking is a skill which helps students arrive at defensible solutions. Working through the lessons and handouts in this book, students will learn strategies and specific academic vocabulary in the sub-skills of observation, using evidence, considering perspectives, reflection, and deduction to find accurate solutions. This 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
Materials
Introduction: Frame of the Discipline
Primary Source: Artwork Analysis
Thinking Skills Avatar
Bibliography
Chapter 1 Sub-Skill 1: Observation
Observation Lesson 1: Perspectives Matter
Observation Lesson 2: Noticing Details
Observation Authentic Application Activity: Investigators and Eyewitnesses
Observation Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 2 Sub-Skill 2: Using Evidence
Using Evidence Lesson 1: Finding Evidence to Support Claims
Using Evidence Lesson 2: Verifying Claims with Evidence
Using Evidence Authentic Application Activity: Validating Solutions with Evidence
Using Evidence Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 3 Sub-Skill 3: Inferencing
Inferencing Lesson 1: Using Observations to Infer
Inferencing Lesson 2: Missing Information
Inferencing Authentic Application Activity: Shipwreck Scenario
Inferencing Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 4 Sub-Skill 4: Deduction
Deduction Lesson 1: Using Clues to Confirm
Deduction Lesson 2: Using Clues to Eliminate
Deduction Authentic Application Activity: Get a Clue!
Deduction Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Chapter 5 Sub-Skill 5: Reflection
Reflection Lesson 1: Reflecting on Experiences
Reflection Lesson 2: Reflecting to Gain Perspectives
Reflection Authentic Application Activity: Choose Your Path Story
Reflection Concluding Activities
Bibliography
Appendix A: Assessments
Appendix B: Extensions