Thinking and Learning Strategies
Overview
In this course, You will “coach” your “team” of thinking skills to meet academic challenges. Through reading, writing, and math activities, you will develop critical thinking skills and test-taking strategies.
Major Concepts:
Meet Your Team
- Bloom’s Thinking Skills
- Reading
- Writing
Know the Rules of the Game
- Rereading/During reading strategies
- Stated/implied main idea of text
- Math terminology and formulas
- Understanding/analyzing writing prompts
Train Your Brain
- Analyzing reading questions
- Using supporting details
- Vocabulary in context
- Brainstorming/planning the essay
- Writing introductions/conclusions
Practice the Plays
- Compare/Contrast reading questions
- Cause/Effect reading questions
- Math questions combining strands
- Math -Short/extended response questions
- Supporting details in essay writing
- Strong verbs/descriptive writing
Go for the Gold
- Author’s attitude, tone, and purpose
- Analyzing reading questions
- Analyzing word problems and math questions
- Sentence variety and sentence combining
- Writing conventions
- Analyzing essays
Fee Details
| S.No. | Program Name | Fee Component | Amount (USD) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Regular | Course Fee | $ 225 | To be paid by the student at the time of Enrollment. |
Grade Level
Grade 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration
Semester
Requirements
None
Prerequisites
None
English 
Chinese 
Spanish 
French 
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