3. What is direct thinking skills? 1.Attend consciously and explicitly to the kinds of thinking being “learned” or “improved. 2.Student seem to focus because it is more tangible and easier to articulate. 3.Cognitive operations are prime subject of the study.

10. The difference between infusion and immersion 1. Is thought-provoking subject-matter instruction in which the principles of complex thinking are not made explicit . 2. Students demonstrate the ability to employ new or difficult operations on their own, the immersion approach becomes appropriate and nature. Immersion 1. Is deep, thoughtful subject-matter instruction in which the general principles of thinking are made explicit . 2. New or difficult operations should receive explicit introductory emphasis using subject-matter content with which students are familiar, and then be practiced with scaffolding and mediation thereafter as they are applied to new subject matters in continued subject-matter learning. Infusion