Talents unlimited: Thinking Skills instruction for all students

What is this model?

• This is for Teachers!!
• It allows teachers to recognize and nurture the multiple talents of all students.
• Teachers use: knowledge, skills, and attitutes for an instructional setting.

Who promotes this model?

• Carol H. Schlighter
• Calvin Taylor

5 Key Instructional skills used in this model

• Giving directions or asking questions that contain specific cues for students to perform.
• Providing time for students to reflect and respond
• Accepting/supporting students' ideas and building upon their ideas
• Modeling the thinking skills for the students
• Developing materials to integrate skills in all subject/interest area.

Talent Areas

• Productive Thinking
• Decision Making
• Planning
• Forecasting
• Communication
• Academic

Productive Thinking:
divergent thinking-fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. (Stretch thinking & stirs imagination)

Decision Making: examination and evaluation possible solutions (take your time -no rush judgement)

Planning: a cluster of skills designed to help thinkers describe an idea for a project.( Best actions to take to implement the project)

Forecasting: force students to think about consequences of a situation( long & short term -pushes analytic thinking)

Communication: fluency and flexibility in the use of language. (helps students increase their confidence in verbal and nonverbal language)

Pros & Cons

State & District using this model

• Mobile, Alabama
• Shelton, Washington

Conclusion

• supports enhancements
• multiple thinking skills
• self-concept
• academic achievement

Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/modelsforthegifted/change-the-banner/talents-...
http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198804_schlichter.pdf