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