Presents 10 guidelines that staff developers can utilize when assisting teachers in teaching thinking skills to students. Provides guidelines for both practical and theoretical guidance for developing workshop materials, conducting training sessions, and conducting follow-up activities. (AH)

Advocates that, if the preferred time for developing skills in indirect teaching is when the teacher is motivated to implement those skills, the emphasis upon indirect teaching should be shifted from preservice to inservice teacher education. Offers guidelines for development of listening skills to permit more effective interaction with learners.…

Granite School District (Utah) developed a systematic, effective, and cost-efficient teacher inservice program which provides a basic understanding of metrics, materials and methods for direct classroom use, and evaluation of the learning process, through the use of self-contained, three-phase modules for home or school use. (Author/SB)