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ERIC Number: EJ362224
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Teaching the Language of Thinking.
Costa, Arthur L.; Marzano, Robert
Educational Leadership, v45 n2 p29-33 Oct 1987
Emphasizing the linguistic nature of instruction and the importance of labeling, this article identifies seven starting points for creating a classroom language of cognition: (1) using precise vocabulary; (2) posing critical questions; (3) providing data, not solutions; (4) giving directions; (5) probing for specificity; (6) modeling metacognitive processes; and (7) analyzing the logic of language. (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Role, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Labeling (of Objects)