Improving Thinking About Thinking in the Classroom

Keith J. Topping is a researcher, educator, author and international speaker. His special interests are peer learning, parents as educators, social competence, computer-assisted assessment and inclusion. Topping has written 29 books and over 400 other publications including over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers.

• Contents 1. Introduction Section A: Programs within the Traditional Curriculum 2. Science 3. Mathematics 4. Reading Comprehension Section B: Programs Across the Traditional Curriculum (1275-word chapters) 5. Dialogue and Think-aloud; Talking with a partner while they execute the steps of a strategy 6. Questioning 7. Summarizing – including elaborating or organizing information 8. Modelling 9. Making predictions 10. Visualizing 11. Diagramming, concept maps, mind maps, geography maps, semantic webs, flow charts, and graphs 12. Mnemonics 13. Self-assessment 14. Peer Assessment Section C: Programs Focusing Especially on Self-regulated Learning 15. Metacognition and Decision-making 16. Transfer of Metacognitive Skills Section D: Programs Focusing Especially on Disabled or Special Need Students 17. Metacognitive Strategy and Working Memory Training (1) 18. Metacognitive Strategy and Working Memory Training (2) Section E: Programs Embedded in Digital Technology 19. Hypermedia in Self-regulated Learning 20. Metacognition in Serious Computer Games 21. Discussion and Conclusion Appendix