{Introduction to the book}
THINK BIG is designed to provide opportunities for the development of cognitive skills. The purpose of THINK BIG is to motivate children to pursue learning independently and to stimulate creative thinking.
The cognitive skills emphasized in THINK BIG are: applying, synthesizing, inferring, comprehending, predicting, asking important questions, classifying, analyzing, knowledge/recall, and evalutating. Each project is labeled to indicate the cognitive skill whick it was designed to develop.
THINK BIG may be used by individual children or by small or large groups in classroom learning centers. They may also be used as homework assignments. The projects include specific directions for students; they require little or no teacher direction.
THINK BIG is designed to provide opportunities for the development of cognitive skills. The purpose of THINK BIG is to motivate children to pursue learning independently and to stimulate creative thinking.
The cognitive skills emphasized in THINK BIG are: applying, synthesizing, inferring, comprehending, predicting, asking important questions, classifying, analyzing, knowledge/recall, and evalutating. Each project is labeled to indicate the cognitive skill whick it was designed to develop.
THINK BIG may be used by individual children or by small or large groups in classroom learning centers. They may also be used as homework assignments. The projects include specific directions for students; they require little or no teacher direction.
