ERIC Number: ED405277
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: 44
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-910857-58-X
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Gorilla Creativity: A Study Unit To Promote Critical and Creative Thinking.
Allen, Cindi Nolen
This book provides student activities organized around a class science project with the Gorilla Foundation. The gorillas featured in the project have been taught American Sign Language. Many of the activities involve the use of the story "Koko's Kitten" by Francine Patterson (New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1985). Sections of the book include: (1) "To the Teacher"; (2) "Matrix Chart"; (3) "Student Activities"; (4) "Bloom's Taxonomy"; (5) "Renzulli's Triad"; (6) "References and Resources"; (7) "ASL Chart"; and (8) "Illustration of Gorilla." (EH)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Primates, Problem Solving, Sciences, Social Studies
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Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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