Stimulating thinking. Brain Teasers is a series of three teacher resource books – each containing a number of short, five-to ten-minute activities to stimulate thinking. Language-oriented activities are predominant, which encourages higher-level thinking skills. Other activities encourage creative thinking and problem solving.
Features:
a variety of independent and cooperative student activities
clear student instructions
reinforcement of activities to develop thinking skills
student self-evaluation on many pages
challenge’ activities on most student pages (or groups of pages)
examples to illustrate student activities
graphic organisers including Venn diagrams
‘hints’ and ‘thoughts’ to direct student thinking
opportunities to track progress by scoring success on pages