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Talents unlimited: Thinking Skills instruction for all students

Published on Feb 29, 2016

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Talents unlimited: Thinking Skills instruction for all students

L. Scott & J. Harmon

What is this model?

  • This is for Teachers!!
  • It allows teachers to recognize and nurture the multiple talents of all students.
  • Teachers use: knowledge, skills, and attitutes for an instructional setting.

Who promotes this model?

  • Carol H. Schlighter
  • Calvin Taylor

5 Key Instructional skills used in this model

  • Giving directions or asking questions that contain specific cues for students to perform.
  • Providing time for students to reflect and respond
  • Accepting/supporting students' ideas and building upon their ideas
  • Modeling the thinking skills for the students
  • Developing materials to integrate skills in all subject/interest area.

Talent Areas

  • Productive Thinking
  • Decision Making
  • Planning
  • Forecasting
  • Communication
  • Academic

Productive Thinking:
divergent thinking-fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. (Stretch thinking & stirs imagination)

Decision Making: examination and evaluation possible solutions (take your time -no rush judgement)

Planning: a cluster of skills designed to help thinkers describe an idea for a project.( Best actions to take to implement the project)

Forecasting: force students to think about consequences of a situation( long & short term -pushes analytic thinking)

Communication: fluency and flexibility in the use of language. (helps students increase their confidence in verbal and nonverbal language)

Pros & Cons

State & District using this model

  • Mobile, Alabama
  • Shelton, Washington

Conclusion

  • supports enhancements
  • multiple thinking skills
  • self-concept
  • academic achievement