REFERENCE, CRITICAL THINKING, STUDY SKILLS

Introductory Logic (Jr. High)
(By Doug Wilson & J. Nance) Introduction to formal logic for junior high. Logical statements, truth and validity, universals and particulars, categorical relationships, the syllogism, logical fallacies, and more.

Intermediate Logic (Gr. 8 & up)
(By Doug Wilson & J. Nance). Simplifies formal proofs and truth trees for propositional logic. Combine with Introductory Logic (above) for a one-year logic course.

Ridgewood Analogies (Gr. 4-6)
This series teaches ways of analyzing information that can be applied to any situation or any subject. Students solve five different kinds of analogies: descriptive, comparative, categorical, serial, and casual. Within each category, there are four levels of complexity.

Building Thinking Skills
by Howard & Sandra Black, Critical Thinking Press. Highly recommended as the best program for developing students who can think, reason and make decisions. Non-graded, each page is a 10-20 minute activity that requires no teacher preparation time. Activities are sequenced and easily connected to the different curriculum areas. Reproducible. Teacher's Manuals are recommended (259-350 pages each).

Mind Benders: Deductive Thinking Skills Series
(Critical Thinking Press) Activities encourage students to comprehend and organize sets of clues, deduce logical conclusions, match attributes, and apply the information to a matrix to solve the puzzle. Activities do not require a lot of reading...(CLICK TITLE FOR MORE INFO)

Reading Detective Books
Use higher-order thinking in high-interest stories, presented in a wide variety of story types and styles, to improve comprehension skills and to help students excel on assessment tests. Each reproducible book contains pretests, posttests, 50 activities, a glossary of terms, and answers that include evidence and detailed explanations of the evidence--combined teacher and student material. These are fun and effective! Beginning (Reading level Gr 2+, Gr 3-4 ability) A1 (reading level Gr 4+, Gr 5-6 ability) B1 (reading level Gr 6+, Grade 7-8 ability)

Reading Detective Software
The software makes it possible for students to learn the skills independently and effectively. As they complete each case, they earn printable award certificates and play a fun reward game. Reg 29.99

Critical Thinking Skills
by Anita Harnadek In-depth study of thinking skills for mature students. An introduction to logic, common errors in reasoning, propaganda techniques, advertising and schemes, examining arguments and value judgments, and much more. Highly recommended. Book 1 Student Book (Jr. Hi) Book 1 Teacher's Manual Book 2 Student Book (High School) Book 2 Teacher's Manual

Analogies
(Grades 7-12, from EPS) These books sharpen reasoning ability, develop critical thinking and vocabulary and prepare students for a variety of standardized tests. Begin with Level 1 if your student is new to analogies. Answer key included.

Primary Analogies
(Grades K/1-3, from EPS) Introduces young students to sophisticated thinking skills as they learn to read. By using pictures, letters, and symbols before progressing to words, even young children can begin work on this important skill. Book 1 (Grades K-1) Book 2 (Grade 2) Book 3 (Grade 3)

Spectrum Test Prep Workbooks
A customer favorite, revised & updated, these provide practice for skills and proficiency tests, test-taking strategies and techniques, actual test questions in reading, language arts, writing, math, social studies, and science. There are also guidelines and advice for parents and study tips for students. Answer key included. 160 pages each. Grade 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8.

Developing Critical Thinking through Science
Reproducible, hands-on physical science activities designed for the "non-science" teacher. These excellent books require minimal preparation time, and no lab equipment. Designed to develop science attitudes, students become observers and learn to predict, express and evaluate processes. Highly recommended by many parents!

Thinking Skills Practice Books
(ELP) Step-by-step sequence of difficulty, these workbooks develop essential thinking skills such as qualification, compare, contrast, prediction, summarizing, concluding, & causation. Book A: Name, Match, Sort, Order (Grades K-1) Book B: Connecting (Grade 2) Book C: Predicting, Relating (Grade 3) Book D: Conclude, Translate, Find Causes (Grade 4) Book E: Using Thinking Skills (Grade 5) Book F: Thinking in Content Areas (Grade 6) Limited stock.

Study Skills Practice Books
(ELP) Easy instructions, step-by-step sequence of difficulty, these little workbooks help students getting organized, following directions, taking tests, and improving memory. 96 pages each.