Links
- More about CA
- Other teaching and learning programmes that focus on cognitive development
- The best mathematical websites
- Related reading
If you would like your website to be included on this links page, please email sarah@seleznyov.co.uk
More about CA:
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Cogprog: This is the website of Carolyn Yates and Ken Gouge, the authors of the ARTS and Let’s Think Through Literacy materials
http://www.cogprog.com -
King's College: home to the original research for the CAME and CASE projects
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/research/projects/cognitive.html -
Cognitive Acceleration in KS3 English - improving learning: Laurie Smith's development of CA English lessons for KS3
at King's College
www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/research/appandcog -
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM)
http://www.ncetm.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=41&module=research&researchid=4485 -
Standards Site on thinking skills:
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/Mathematics/came/cameproject -
Thinking Science Australia:
http://www.education.uwa.edu.au/tsa
Other teaching and learning programmes that focus on cognitive development:
- Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a programme in which children are encouraged to read together a story which presents some moral dilemma, and then they learn how to argue in a reasonable way for one position or another, giving justifications and paying attention to others' arguments. As with CA, P4C makes quite heavy demands on the teachers' expertise but also like CA, it has produced some evidence for its effect on reasoning and language skills. http://www.sapere.net
- Critical Thinking is a generic approach which has perhaps been best developed for more mature students approaching university entrance. In one of its best guises it offers a series of 'thinking maps' which encourage students to question an argument critically in terms, for instance, of its logic, its assumptions, and whether the person making the argument might have a special interest. http://www.criticalthinking.org.uk
- Edward De Bono: author of many thinking skills programmes, including the Six Thinking Hats http://www.edwdebono.com and Direct Attention Thinking Tools (DATT)
- Guy Claxton's Building Learning Power approach aims to help teachers develop a 'learning to learn' culture in their classrooms and schools. BLP embodies what we call the 4th generation approach to learning to learn. It doesn't just add a few tips and techniques; it systematically helps students develop the general habits of mind that underpin confident, curious, creative learning http://www.guyclaxton.com
- Mantle of the Expert is a dramatic-inquiry based approach to teaching and learning invented and developed by Professor Dorothy Heathcote at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1980's. The big idea is that the class do all their curriculum work as if they are an imagined group of experts. http://www.mantleoftheexpert.com
The best mathematical websites:
- ATM (Association of Teachers of Mathematics): a variety of teaching resources and information about teaching maths http://www.atm.org.uk
- The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT): a focus for research and curriculum development in Mathematics teaching and learning, with the aim of unifying and enhancing mathematical progress in schools and colleges http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk
- The Mathematical Association: information and resources http://www.m-a.org.uk/index.html
- National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM): all you ever wanted to know about Maths and some brilliant resources and magazines http://www.ncetm.org.uk
- NRich: a site with a wealth of searchable ideas for teaching maths through problem solving and investigations http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php
- STEM: an organisation that promotes the learning of science, technology, engineering and mathematics http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk and http://www.stemdirectories.org.uk
- Teachers' TV: maths related clips http://www.teachers.tv/maths
- Bowland Maths materials aim to make maths fun and absorbing through the use of innovative case study problems, each taking 3-5 lessons, designed to develop thinking, reasoning and problem solving skills - as in the revised Key Stage 3 curriculum www.bowlandmaths.org.uk
Further reading:
- Assessment for Learning: look at the AAIA website (The Associate for Achievement and Improvement through Assessment) http://www.aaia.org.uk/assessment/assessment.asp
- Creative Partnerships: includes one project specialising in the teaching of maths http://www.creative-partnerships.com/search.html?q=maths
- Double-loop learning http://www.infed.org/thinkers/argyris.htm