Thinking at Every Desk: Four Simple Skills to Transform Your Classroom

by Derek Cabrera, Laura Colosi

Cutting-edge skills for twenty-first-century learners and educators. Designed to transform teaching practice, this book provides the tools to understand thinking patterns and how learning actually happens. It empowers teachers to structure learning in the most meaningful way, helping students explore new paths to knowledge.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Teaching

162 pages, Paperback

First published June 18, 2012

Reviews

[Shawna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was interesting. I think the author's had some great ideas and broke it down well. However, it felt a little lacking in functionality. Each step was described as essential, critical, or ubiquitous yet there were no clear directions on how to implement them into your classroom beside "ask these questions".....sometimes. Sounded like they wanted to give you an intro to their ideas so you would book them for a workshop.

[Julie]

A really interesting breakdown of how we can teach thinking skills, not just information. I am pondering how to incorporate this into my teaching, given that it isn't a system used across disciplines and through the grades. Many of the examples show how these concepts work amazingly well in elementary classrooms, but the secondary examples seem to rely on students having already learned the basic framework. It definitely has my lesson-planning wheels turning though.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent introduction to DSRP thinking. It's a useful tool for parents and educators to think about what knowledge is and how learning can happen in a classroom and at home.