Teaching Thinking: principles, problems and programmes

Activating children's thinking skills (ACTS): The effects of an infusion approach to teaching thinking in primary schools

“…Approaches to teaching thinking can be delineated into three main types. A distinction can be made between those that teach thinking as a separate skill in addition to the curriculum (bolt‐on), those which develop thinking in specific subjects (subject‐specific) and those which encourage thinking across the curriculum (infusion) (Coles, 1993; McGuinness, 1999, 2005; McKinstery & Topping, 2003; Wilson, 2000). These three approaches are overviewed in Table 1.…”

Flying lantern sheds a brighter light on Archimedes' principle

“…A laboratory version of a hot-air balloon [3] can be made by placing a heat source under a large polypropylene bag, which is half-open, inverted and supported by retort stands. The bag, inflated by hot air, can rise up to the ceiling.…”