Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning, 9-12: Activities Across the Content Areas

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Tammy Jones (TLJ Consulting Group, LLC, USA) Leslie Texas (Leslie Texas Consulting, LLC, USA)

Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning, 9-12

Activities Across the Content Areas

Tammy Jones (TLJ Consulting Group, LLC, USA), Leslie Texas (Leslie Texas Consulting, LLC, USA)

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Routledge
20 July 2016

Secondary schools; Study & learning skills: general

Series: Strategic Journeys Series

Help your students develop logical reasoning and critical thinking skills. This new book from bestselling authors and popular consultants Tammy Jones and Leslie Texas offers authentic logic-building activities and writing strategies that can be used across all subject areas in grades 9-12. Filled with hands-on activities and photocopiable tools, Strategic Journeys will help you guide your students into deeper thinking to go beyond the surface of content to true understanding.

Topics include:

Identifying opportunities for students to engage in meaningful and relevant writing across the content areas;

Introducing a logical reasoning process, questioning structure, and bridging models to allow students to delve deeper into problems;

Incorporating literature to increase student engagement and make content come alive for your students;

Building vocabulary and literacy skills through fun activities aimed at increasing proficiency;

Using the Three Phases of Logical Reasoning to plan lessons effectively, help students reflect on their progress, and implement the strategies successfully.

The strategies in this book have been implemented in hundreds of classrooms around the country, and have been proven to increase student engagement, promote higher-order thinking and in-depth reasoning, and improve overall achievement.

By: Tammy Jones (TLJ Consulting Group LLC USA), Leslie Texas (Leslie Texas Consulting, LLC, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781138932449
ISBN 10: 1138932442
Series: Strategic Journeys Series
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 20 July 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tammy L. Jones has been an educator since 1979, working with students from first grade through college. She currently consults with individual school districts to support teachers in making content accessible to all students. Leslie A. Texas has over twenty years of experience working with K–12 teachers and schools across the country to enhance rigorous and relevant instruction.

Reviews for Strategic Journeys for Building Logical Reasoning, 9-12: Activities Across the Content Areas

“Jones and Texas deliver another gem. This book is a must-have for teachers. Students will love playing detective with the Hot Air, Cold Body Lesson and teachers will love the opportunities for questioning guidance. The Logical Reasoning Process Tool is genius.” –Micahel Brown, Presidential Award Winner for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching