{"product_id":"learning-to-think-9781118308127","title":"Learning to Think","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn colleges and universities, there is increasing demand to help students learn how to conceptualize, analyze, and reason. \u003ci\u003eLearning to Think\u003c\/i\u003e presents a model of learning that takes into account the different ways learning occurs in different academic disciplines and explores the relationship between knowledge and thinking processes. Janet Donald--a leading researcher in the field of postsecondary teaching and learning--presents a framework for learning that goes beyond the acquisition of knowledge to encompass ways of constructing and utilizing it within and across disciplines. The author discusses how learning occurs in different academic disciplines and reveals how educators can improve the teaching and learning process in their classrooms and programs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Learning to Think: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Orderly Thinking: Learning in a Structured Discipline 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Hard Thinking: Applying Structured Knowledge to Unstructured Problems 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Inductive Thinking: Knowledge-Intensive Learning 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Multifaceted Thinking: Learning in a Social Science 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Precedent and Reason: Case Versus Logic 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Organizing Instruction and Understanding Learners 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Criticism and Creativity: Thinking in the Humanities 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Learning, Understanding, and Meaning 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 323\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406849483095,"sku":"9781118308127","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118308127.jpg?v=1730497334","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learning-to-think-9781118308127","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}