The Analytic High School Student provides Cognitive - Analytic Strategies and Techniques (Cogetics) for 9th through 12th grade students. It develops learn-to-learn abilities so students can think, write, read, and problem-solve critically in the context of constructing subject matter understanding.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - FINDING THE ANALYTIC YOU 1
- Can You Find the Secret? 1
- Are These the Answers to the Secret? 3
- A Good Question to Ask 3
CHAPTER 2 - HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECTS YOU STUDY 5
- How to Understand Subject Matter 5
- Here's How to Think Analytically 6
- Analysis 2-1: Let's Discover the Secrets of Subject Matter 6
- Analysis 2-2: Let's Develop a Whole and Analytic View of Subject Matter 8
- Evaluating a Subject Matter Display 10
- The Standards 10
- Application of the Standards 10
- Writing Analytic Narratives 12
- Analysis 2-3: Write an Analytic Narrative 14
- Understanding Subject Matter 16
- Questions 18
- Sleeping 19
- Clothing 19
- Lighting 20
- Single Variable 21
- Recycling 22
- American Business 23
CHAPTER 3 - INTRODUCTION TO CONSEQUENTIAL THINKING 25
- Introduction 25
- Consequential Thinking 26
- How to Develop Consequences 27
- Analysis 3-1: Write a Narrative 30
- Analysis 3-2: Identify Consequences 31
- Analysis 3-3: Recognize Consequences 34
- Summary 36
- Questions 40
- Sleeping 41
- Clothing 41
- Lighting 41
- Single Variable 41
- Recycling 41
- American Business 41
- The Large Intestine 42
- Decimals 43
- Force 44
- Blood 45
- Ohms' Law 46
- Auto Body Repair 48
- The Comma 49
- Windows Software 50
CHAPTER 4 - ANALYTIC WRITING 51
- Introduction 51
- Writing Frameworks 52
- A Two-Stage Writing Framework 52
- Analysis 4-1 - Write a Two-Stage Narrative 54
- A Three-Stage Writing Framework 56
- Analysis 4-2 - Write a Three-Stage Narrative 58
- A Four-Stage Writing Framework 60
- Analysis 4-3 - Write a Four-Stage Narrative 62
- Summary 64
- Questions 65
- American Business 65
- The Adverb 65
- Organization of the US Congress 66
- Probability 67
- The Library 68
- Human Blood 68
- Writing Topics 69
CHAPTER 5 - ANALYTIC READING 71
- Reading Paragraphs 72
- Analysis 5-1: The Large Intestine (a) 73
- Analysis 5-2: The Large Intestine (b) 75
- Analysis 5-3: Mathematics 76
- Some Ideas on Reading 78
- Analysis 5-4: Immunization 79
- Some More Ideas on Reading 81
- Analysis 5-5: A French Painter 83
- Analysis 5-6: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 85
- Analysis 5-7: Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" Speech 88
- Questions 92
- Declaration of Independence 92
- Computers 92
- Curriculum Areas 92
- Magazine 92
- Newspaper 92
- Encyclopedia 92
- Speeches 92
- Appendix A - Pointers For Developing a Subject Matter Display 93
- Appendix B - Subject Matter Display and Narrative Templates 95
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