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Introduction: Can thinking be taught? who can benefit, one skill or many?, Bloom's taxonomy, PRICE, six principles, thinking tools, troubleshootingProcessing Information: Identifying the problem, thinking tools and how to use them,: Odd one out; Knowledge Mapping; Parts and Wholes; Collective Memory.Reasoning: Identifying the problem, learning to argue, evaluating arguments, hair-brained logic, thinking tools and how to use them: Opinion Line; Concept Line; Concept Mapping.Inquiry: Identifying the problem, closed, framed or open?, the SECRET of inquiry, introducing inquiry, thinking tools and how to use them: Mystery; Inference square.Creative Thinking: Identifying the problem, thinking tools and how to use them: Kick Cards; Double 6; The Inverse; talking about creative thinking.Evaluation: Identifying the problem, thinking tools and how to use them: Diamond Ranking; Target Board.The Thinking Lesson: Planning from 'what' to 'how'; the learning zone; the perfect challenge; a meal in three parts:1.Launching: setting thinking objectives; identifying what you know and what you feel; creating a need to know. 2. Thinking together: exploratory talk; rules; prompts; guide on the side. 3. Thinking about thinking: learning for transfer.