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I loved Harvey's stories about Feynman and Einstein! Her ideas here may be more validation for what we do, but I sincerely admire her calm certainty that our goal is to promote curiosity and thoughtfulness. That's two more things I need to be checking for throughout the day: is what I'm teaching promoting curiosity and thoughtfulness?

I also loved her slam of buzzwords. I teach next door to someone whose constant response, "Yeah, but, is that 21st century?" Next time I hope to respond, "Stephanie Harvey says, "Teaching kids to think strategically and ask questions ranks at the top of our list of responsibilities in the twenty-first century."

I also want to be able to quot Costa: "Cognition and content are inseparable." (115)

Although not new (I bought Comprehension and Collaboration and haven't read it yet), I like her Comprehension Continuum (118) and hope to use ALL of the teacher questions under Actively Using Knowledge. I love the way those questions get ...See More
Teri I'm not really sure what to add here. I think Judy covered it all. I also loved the focus on promoting curiosity and thoughtfulness (esp. in this age when so many of my students don't want to think about anything). The Stop, Think, & React strategy was the other thing I put in my notes. I immediately visualized a poster I could create for this....See More
Jul 8, 2011


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