Put Thinking to the Test

Allen, Patrick A.; Conrad, Lori L.; Matthews, Missy; Zimmerman, Cheryl

ISBN 10: 1571107312 / ISBN 13: 9781571107312

Published by Stenhouse Publishers, 2008

About this Item

Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 202 x 10. Weight in Grams: 445. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9781571107312

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Put Thinking to the Test
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571107312
• ISBN 13: 9781571107312
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

How can teachers use the comprehension strategies put forward in books like Strategies That Work and Mosaic of Thought to help students become not just better readers and thinkers but also better test takers? The four authors of Put Thinking to the Test have spent years pursuing that question and have developed a groundbreaking approach, as their colleague Ellin Keene writes in the foreword to the book:

About the Author

Lori L. Conrad, Missy Matthews, Cheryl Zimmerman, and Patrick A. Allen are all affiliated with the Denver-based Public Education & Business Coalition. Lori is the senior director of education and has been a classroom teacher, an adjunct professor, and staff developer for over twenty-three years. Missy is a teacher, education director, and staff developer. Cheryl is an elementary school teacher with over twenty-two years of experience as a lab classroom host. Patrick, an elementary school teacher for over twenty years, also works as a staff developer and lab classroom teacher.