1. The Teaching Of Thinking—a Rationale: Why Is The Teaching Of Thinking So Important?; How Can We Best Teach Thinking?; Where Can Thinking Be Most Effectively Taught?; What Can Teachers Do To Make The Teaching Of Thinking A Reality In Their Classrooms? -- 2. Thinking And Thinking Skills: The Nature Of Thinking; A Model Of Functional Thinking; Thinking Strategies And Skills; Thinking And The Teaching Of Thinking -- 3. Selecting And Defining Thinking Skills And Strategies For Teaching: Selective Thinking Skills And Strategies To Teach; Defining Thinking Operations For Teaching; Identifying The Attributes Of Thinking Skills; Cautions About Defining Skills --^ 4. Organizing For The Teaching Of Thinking: Classroom Environment As A Context For The Teaching Of Thinking; Subject Matter As A Context For The Teaching Of Thinking; Teaching Processes As A Context For The Teaching Of Thinking; An Institutional Framework For The Teaching Of Thinking; The Teaching Of Thinking -- 5. Introducing A Thinking Skill—i: An Inductive Strategy; A Directive Strategy; Introducing Thinking Skills And Strategies -- 6. Introducing A Thinking Skill—ii: A Developmental Strategy; Essential Features Of Self-introducing Strategies; Introducing Thinking Skills And Strategies -- 7. Guiding Practice In And Applying Thinking Skills: Guided Practice; Independent Application -- 8. Transferring And Elaborate Thinking Skills: Teaching For Transfer; Teaching Thinking Skills And Strategies -- 9. Helping Students Control And Direct Their Own Thinking: Teaching For Metacognition; Teaching Thinking Dispositions; Teaching For Independent Thinking --^ 10. Assessing Student Thinking: Paper And Pencil Tests; Observation Of Student Behavior -- 11. Implications For Thinking: Implications For Curriculum; Implications For Instructional Materials; Implications For Classroom Teaching; Implications For Faculty Development, Supervision, And Evaluation; Toward The Teaching Of Thinking. Barry K. Beyer. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 265-268.