Table Of Contents:

• Introduction: New Perspectives on Intelligences
• Section 1: Flexibility in Thinking: The Capacity to Shift Perspectives, to Generate Alternate Approaches, and to Change One's Mind
• 1. Systems Change in Education
• 2. Unleashing the Power of Perceptual Change
• 3. Changing Curriculum Means Changing Your Mind
• Section 2: Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations: The Capacity to Draw Forth Prior Knowledge and Transfer it to New Situations
• 4. Learning and Transfer--A Tautology
• 5. What Do We Know From Brain Research?
• 6. Art for the Brain's Sake
• Section 3: Metacognition: The Human Capacity to be Aware of and Reflect on Our Own Thinking
• 7. Memory, The Thing I Forget With
• 8. Creativity Is a Decision
• 9. Revisiting Effective Teaching
• 10. Multiple Intelligences and Reading Instruction
• Section 4: Questioning and Problem Posing: Innate Human Curiosity and the Capacity for Healthy Skepticism
• 11. The Mad Dash to Compute: Enriching or Eroding Intelligence?
• 12. Educators Need to Know About the Human Brain
• 13. Raising the Ceiling for All Students: School Improvement From a High-End Learning Perspective
• Section 5: Striving for Accuracy, Precision and Elegance: The Human Yearning for Craftsmanship
• 14. Learning Standards
• 15. What Sorts of Standards for Teachers? Focusing on Exemplary Elementary Teaching
• 16. Constructivist Assessment in Early Childhood Education
• 17. Test Success in the Brain-Compatible Classroom
• Section 6: The Humility of Continuous Learning: The Human Capacity for Self-Renewal
• 18. Challenging Mathematics for Young Children
• 19. Reinventing Our Literacy Programs: Books, Basics, Balance
• 20. Mediated Learning Experience: Professor Reuven Feuerstein Responds to Some Critical Questions
• 21. Learning to Learn: The Cognitive Enrichment Advantage Approach
• Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Index