Planning for Productive Thinking and Learning

Planning for Productive Thinking and Learning is a practical guide to curricular and instructional planning for today's students and tomorrow's needs. From the foundation skills to involvement in real life opportunities and challenges, this book will enable you to learn and apply: 9 Curriculum Guideposts and 14 Instructional Guideposts for Productive Thinking; 3 levels of Productive Thinking, with sample outcomes and activities for each level; ways to incorporate students' talent strengths and learning style preferences; metacognitive skills and a constructive classroom climate for Productive Thinking; and new ways to evaluate and document learning.

Dr. Donald J. Treffinger is President of the Center for Creative Learning, Inc., in Sarasota, FL. He has been a leading writer, researcher, and trainer on CPS for more than three decades and is the author or coauthor of more than 350 books and articles. He has also been a teacher at the elementary, junior high, and graduate levels and an internationally known scholar and consultant.

Dr. John F. Feldhusen has recently retired from the faculty of Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, where he served as the Robert B. Kane Professor of Educational Psychology and Director for the Gifted Education Resource Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin. He is Past President of the National Association for Gifted Children and served as editor of the Gifted Child Quarterly. John is the author or coauthor of many books and more than 250 articles in professional journals. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in the United States, and Who's Who in the World.