A set of 6 textbooks that contains fictional stories about children and teens that spend much of their time thinking. The stories were developed by Lipman to teach children and teens about thinking.

A method of instructing students on evaluation by classifying points as pluses (P), minuses (M) or interesting (I) – not good or bad.

Materials for the direct teaching of thinking skills created by Edward de Bono.

A guide to writing instructional goals developed by Benjamin Bloom, including a list of educational objectives.

An individual’s perception that they have no control over their life and the world around them. That outcomes are based on luck, are the fault of others or chance.

An individual’s perception that they are in control of outcomes in their own life and their fate.

Our understanding of how the brain works. Examples include internal versus external locus of control, global versus analytic thinking, reflective versus impulsive behavior, personality dimensions, and thinking styles.

The study of the production of knowledge.

The understanding of one’s learning or knowledge about the process of learning. It is also referred to as “thinking about thinking.”

An individual’s likelihood of using thinking skills to solve a problem when presented with one.