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SELNET NEWS - MARCH 2004 Submitted by Elizabeth Manning

Filed under: SELNET-ASCD — Dr. Bob Valiant at 7:01 am on Saturday, March 13, 2004
SELNET-ASCD

“Encouraging students to actively participate in their communities is vital in preparing them for their future lives as citizens in our democratic society. Schools that provide students opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills to become actively engaged in civic life are important for the future of our democracy and the academic and social growth of our young people.”
Gene Carter, Executive Director of ASCD and member of the National Commission on Service-Learning

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HIGHER-LEVEL THINKING SKILLS: BECOMING A SKILLED THINKER by Bob Valiant

Filed under: Thinking Strategies — Dr. Bob Valiant at 4:47 am on Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Thinking Strategies

Our purpose in writing this article is to set the stage for a series of activities that you can use personally or with your students to practice the strategies of the skilled thinker. There are many ways to conceptualize the organization of these skills. We have chosen to group them into the categories of gathering, assessing or considering, and applying.Â

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DRIVING OVER DOOLEY by Bob Valiant

Filed under: Curriculum Planning — Dr. Bob Valiant at 7:05 am on Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Curriculum Planning

It was a warm summer day in 1951. The car was a 1938 Chevy and the road was the worst in our area. Seven miles of gravel with hairpin turns, no guardrail and a long way down. Alton said, “You drive.” It was my first time behind the wheel.

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