Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking

Marjorie S. Schiering began her educational career at Ohio State University before earning her Master’s in Reading at the College of New Rochelle and Doctorate at St. John’s University. Teaching in Ohio, NC, and NY she has devoted her career, as an educator, to utilizing the Interactive Method (IM) by engaging student learners in project and performance-based instruction and, simultaneously, developing their critical and creative thinking skills.She is currently a professor at Molloy College.

• ForewordbyDrew Bogner, PhD: President of Molloy CollegePrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAuthor’s PhilosophyChapter 1: Learning-through-PlayOverviewExplaining and Defining CreativityCreative Cognition and Meta-cognitionTwo Processes of Creativity: Linear and ReciprocalAdvantages of IM and IBR for Academics and SocializationIM or IBR as Learning Centers + Alternative Means of Assessment Reciprocal Thinking PhasesConnecting Creative Cognition to Constructing and Playing IBR PagesEffects and Affects of IM and IBRChapter 2: The IM and IBR with Four Interactive ResourcesIntroduction: Louis LaupheimerOverviewProject and Performance-based Instruction:Flip-Chute: Uses, Materials, Construction DirectionsPic-A-Dot: Uses, Materials, Construction DirectionsWrap-Around: Uses, Materials, Construction DirectionsElectro-Board: Uses, Materials, Construction DirectionsTemplates for Four Interactive ResourcesA Narrative: IM, A Learning Center, and the IBR: Amanda LockwoodSection Two Summary Chapter 3: Playing-the-Pages Activities: Overview Interactive Activities to Make and/or PlayReciprocal Thinking Skills for 15 Activities: A Narrative: M. SchieringLearning Standards for 23 (A-W) of the Section Three Activities: Nicole DiblasioAddendum to Section Three Activities: Kicking it up a Notch: Joshua SchieringChapter 4: IM AND IBR: Summing-up the Method and Strategy: Overview Creative Cognition’s IBR: Leadership Building Step-by-Step Directions: LiteratureStep-by-Step Directions: Thematic Unit of StudyOverall IBR Important Message The Gruffolo: A 1st Grade IBR: Elizabeth StruzzieriIntertwining Creativity and Innovation for Classroom Success: The IM and IBR as Inspiration: Dr. Laura Shea DoolanIBR and IM Within and Beyond the College Classroom Author’s Closing Statements References

Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking: An Interactive Workbook is a must-have guide for any teacher who strives to instill creativity in his/her students. The author clearly shows how students "learn through one's creativity" by constructing meaningful activities based on a piece of literature or a unit of study. This workbook focuses on creating fun activities through which students become engaged in the thinking process.By designing meaningful activities, the student "creator" often increases his/her comprehension and retention of information gained through reading. Because these activities encourage social interaction, they provide a powerful force for encouraging memory acquisition. This book contains many hands-on activities using different mediums that is sure to spark the interest of even reluctant and non-proficient readers.