Problem Solving Comprehension

Author : Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead,Ron Narode
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135706173

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Problem Solving & Comprehension by Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead,Ron Narode Pdf

This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and to comprehend what they read. First, it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then, it provides practice in applying these methods to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions. Books on the improvement of thinking processes have tended to be complicated and less than useful, but the authors of this renowned text emphasize a simple but effective approach. The "Whimbey Method" of teaching problem solving is now recognized as an invaluable means of teaching people to think. Problems are followed by their solutions, presented in easy-to-follow steps. This feature permits students to work without supervision, outside the classroom. As students work through the book they will see a steady improvement in their analytical thinking skills, and will develop confidence in their ability to solve problems--on tests; in academic courses; and in any occupations that involve analyzing, untangling, or comprehending knotty ideas. By helping students to become better problem solvers, this book can assist students in achieving higher scores on tests commonly used for college and job selection, such as: * Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) * Graduate Record Examination (GRE) * ACT Work Keys * Terra Nova * Law School Admission Test (LSAT) * Wonderlic Personnel Test * United States Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery * Civil Service Examination New in the 6th edition: A totally new chapter--"Meeting Academic and Workplace Standards: How This Book Can Help"--describes changes in the educational system in the past 20 years and shows how the techniques taught in this book relate to the new educational standards and tests. Changes throughout the book reflect current educational and social realities: the names of some characters have been changed to represent more accurately the cross-section of students attending today's schools; dates in some problems have been changed; in other problems the technology referred to has been updated.

Author : Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076006659515

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Beyond Problem Solving and Comprehension by Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead Pdf

Author : Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead,Ron Narode
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136475221

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Problem Solving & Comprehension by Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead,Ron Narode Pdf

This popular book shows students how to increase their power to analyze problems and comprehend what they read using the Think Aloud Pair Problem Solving [TAPPS] method. First it outlines and illustrates the method that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas. Then it provides practice in applying this method to a variety of comprehension and reasoning questions, presented in easy-to-follow steps. As students work through the book they will see a steady improvement in their analytical thinking skills and become smarter, more effective, and more confident problem solvers. Not only can using the TAPPS method assist students in achieving higher scores on tests commonly used for college and job selection, it teaches that problem solving can be fun and social, and that intelligence can be taught. Changes in the Seventh Edition: New chapter on "open-ended" problem solving that includes inductive and deductive reasoning; extended recommendations to teachers, parents, and tutors about how to use TAPPS instructionally; Companion Website with PowerPoint slides, reading lists with links, and additional problems.

Author : Harvey F. Silver,Susan C. Morris,Victor Klein
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416611325

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Reading for Meaning by Harvey F. Silver,Susan C. Morris,Victor Klein Pdf

When you and your colleagues want to explore more ways to help students understand what they read, make inferences, and support their thinking with evidence, this book is your ideal tool.

Author : Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead
Publisher : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015017287742

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Problem Solving and Comprehension by Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lochhead Pdf

This book is directed toward increasing students' ability to analyze problems and comprehend what they read and hear. It outlines and illustrates the methods that good problem solvers use in attacking complex ideas, and provides practice in applying these methods to a variety of questions involving comprehension and reasoning. Chapter I includes a test of analytical skills, and chapter II presents a posttest. Intervening chapters consider errors in reasoning, problem-solving methods, verbal reasoning problems, six myths about reading, analogies, writing relationship sentences, how to form analogies, analysis of trends and patterns, solving mathematical word problems, and a post test. Appendices present problems, solutions, and an answer key. (MNS)

Author : Anne P. Sweet,Catherine E. Snow
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1572308923

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Rethinking Reading Comprehension by Anne P. Sweet,Catherine E. Snow Pdf

This practical book grows out of a recent report written by the RAND Reading Study Group (RRSG), which proposed a national research agenda in the area of reading comprehension. Here, RRSG members have expanded on their findings and translated them into clear recommendations to inform practice. Teachers gain the latest knowledge about how students learn to comprehend texts and what can be done to improve the quality of instruction in this essential domain. From leading literacy scholars, the book explains research-based ways to: *Plan effective instruction for students at all grade levels *Meet the comprehension needs of English-language learners *Promote adolescents' comprehension of subject-area texts *Understand the complexities of comprehension assessment *Get optimal benefits from instructional technologies *And much more!

Author : Harris Winitz,James Reeds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015008473707

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Comprehension and Problem Solving as Strategies for Language Training by Harris Winitz,James Reeds Pdf

Examines the psycholoinguistic strategies of subject as they acquire a second language and develops a course of study for rapid and efficient learning of a second language -- Introduction.

Author : Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,Nicole Law
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071823873

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Comprehension [Grades K-12] by Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,Nicole Law Pdf

Radically change the way students learn from texts, extending beyond comprehension to critical reasoning and problem solving. Is your reading comprehension instruction just a pile of strategies? There is no evidence that teaching one strategy at a time, especially with pieces of text that require that readers use a variety of strategies to successfully negotiate meaning, is effective. And how can we extend comprehension beyond simple meaning? Bestselling authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nicole Law propose a new, comprehensive model of reading instruction that goes beyond teaching skills to fostering engagement and motivation. Using a structured, three-pronged approach—skill, will, and thrill—students learn to experience reading as a purposeful act and embrace struggle as a natural part of the reading process. Instruction occurs in three phases: Skill. Holistically developing skills and strategies necessary for students to comprehend text, such as monitoring, predicting, summarizing, questioning, and inferring. Will. Creating the mindsets, motivations, and habits, including goal setting and choice, necessary for students to engage fully with texts. Thrill. Fostering the thrill of comprehension, so that students share their thinking with others or use their knowledge for something else. Comprehension is the structured framework you need to empower students to comprehend text and take action in the world.

Author : Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lockhead
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1985-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 0898597404

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Instructor's Guide for Beyond Problem Solving and Comprehension by Arthur Whimbey,Jack Lockhead Pdf

Author : Arthur A. Hyde
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114443695

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Comprehending Math by Arthur A. Hyde Pdf

For those who devour Comprehending Math as I did, their teaching will be clearer, bolder, more connected. And for the ultimate beneficiaries, they will have a chance to understand just how integrally our world is connected. Ellin Oliver Keene, author of Mosaic of Thought No matter the content area, students need to develop clear ways of thinking about and understanding what they learn. But this kind of conceptual thinking seems more difficult in math than in language arts and social studies. Fortunately we now know how to help kids understand more about mathematics than ever before, and in Comprehending Math you'll find out that much of math's conceptual difficulty can be alleviated by adapting what we have learned from research on language and cognition. In Comprehending Math Arthur Hyde (coauthor of the popular Best Practice) shows you how to adapt some of your favorite and most effective reading comprehension strategies to help your students with important mathematical concepts. Emphasizing problem solving, Hyde and his colleagues demonstrate how to build into your practice math-based variations of: K - W - L visualizing asking questions inferring predicting making connections determining importance synthesizing He then presents a practical way to "braid" together reading comprehension, math problemsolving, and thinking to improve math teaching and learning. Elaborating on this braided model of approach to problem solving, he shows how it can support planning as well as instruction. Comprehending Math is based on current cognitive research and features more than three dozen examples that range from traditional story problems to open-ended or extended-response problems and mathematical tasks. It gives you step-by-step ideas for instruction and smart, specific advice on planning strategy-based teaching. Help students do math and get it at the same time. Read Comprehending Math, use its adaptations of familiar language arts strategies, and discover how deeply students can understand math concepts and how well they can use that knowledge to solve problems.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1443163104

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The Very Cranky Bear by Anonim Pdf

Moose, Lion, Zebra and Sheep take shelter in a cave on a cold and rainy day, only to realize that a bear is there. The bear roars loudly and says that he is trying to sleep. Not understanding why the bear is so cranky, the other animals come up with ways to cheer him up. Moose finds antlers for him, Lion gives him a mane, and Zebra paints on stripes. Is there anything the four well-meaning friends can do to help the bear sleep?

Author : Claudia E Cornett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351813785

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Comprehension First by Claudia E Cornett Pdf

This book is about designing instruction that makes comprehension the priority in reading and in content area study. The comprehension model described responds to calls from literacy experts and professional organizations for inquiry-based instruction that prepares readers to be active meaning makers who are adept at both critical and creative thinking. Comprehension First introduces a before, during, after Comprehension Problem Solving (CPS) process that helps readers ask key questions so they arrive at a substantial comprehension product-"big ideas" based on themes and conclusions drawn from literary works and expository texts. The book further describes how to orchestrate research-based best practices to build lessons and units around big ideas and important questions. In this age of multiple literacies, all of us must learn to be more nimble users of Literacy 2.0 communication tools. Mastering problem solving is at the core of this challenge. Comprehension First embraces this challenge by inviting present and future teachers to examine WHY and HOW these tools can be used more purposefully to achieve the pre-eminent literacy goal of deep comprehension.

Author : Linda Bowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Reading comprehension
ISBN : 0760605807

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Spotlight on Reading Comprehension Sequencing and Problem Solving by Linda Bowers Pdf

Author : Janet E. Davidson,Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521797411

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The Psychology of Problem Solving by Janet E. Davidson,Robert J. Sternberg Pdf

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Author : Cesare Cornoldi,Jane V. Oakhill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136488627

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Reading Comprehension Difficulties by Cesare Cornoldi,Jane V. Oakhill Pdf

Recognizing the characteristics of children with learning disabilities and deciding how to help them is a problem faced by schools all over the world. Although some disorders are fairly easily recognizable (e.g., mental retardation) or very specific to single components of performance and quite rare (e.g., developmental dyscalculia), schools must consider much larger populations of children with learning difficulties who cannot always be readily classified. These children present high-level learning difficulties that affect their performance on a variety of school tasks, but the underlying problem is often their difficulty in understanding written text. In many instances, despite good intellectual abilities and a superficial ability to cope with written texts and to use language appropriately, some children do not seem to grasp the most important elements, or cannot find the pieces of information they are looking for. Sometimes these difficulties are not immediately detected by the teacher in the early school years. They may be hidden because the most obvious early indicators of reading progress in the teacher's eyes do not involve comprehension of written texts or because the first texts a child encounters are quite simple and reflect only the difficulty level of the oral messages (sentences, short stories, etc.) with which the child is already familiar. However, as years go by and texts get more complex, comprehension difficulties will become increasingly apparent and increasingly detrimental to effective school learning. In turn, studying, assimilating new information, and many other situations requiring text comprehension -- from problem solving to reasoning with linguistic contents -- could be affected. Problems with decoding, dyslexia, and language disorders have attracted more interest from researchers than have specific comprehension problems and have occupied more room in specialized journals. Normal reading comprehension has also been a favorite with researchers. However, scarce interest has been paid to subjects who have comprehension difficulties. This book is an attempt to remedy this situation. In so doing, this volume answers the following questions: * Does a reading comprehension problem exist in schools? * How important and widespread is the problem? * Is the problem specific? * How can a reading comprehension difficulty be defined and identified? * Does the "syndrome" have a single pattern or can different subtypes be identified? * What are the main characteristics associated with a reading comprehension difficulty? * When can other well-identified problems add to our understanding of reading comprehension difficulties? * Which educational strategies are effective in preventing and treating reading comprehension difficulties? * What supplementary information can we get from an international perspective?