Here is a series of online and printed references dedicated to the use of thinking skills in the teaching of Mathematics. A short description accompanies each entry.

• Using thinking skills in Mathematics: Gifted and talented students. National Curriculum online Mathematics site. "By using thinking skills, pupils who are gifted in mathematics can focus on 'knowing how', as well as 'knowing what' (learning how to learn). Mathematics is not just a collection of skills -- it teaches pupils to think, to reason, to solve problems and to think in creative ways."
• Thinking Skills in Mathematics: Key Stage 3 Strategy in Essex document.
• Claire Perry's Pure Brain Power Thinking Skills Project for Mathematics at Henry Compton School.
• Cook, M. (2001) 'Mathematics: The Thinking Arena for Problem Solving', in Cost, A. L. (ed.) Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, pp. 286-291. Argues that 'it is up to (mathematics) educators to create an environment that encounrages students to explore, experiment, take risks, share failures and successes, and question one another.'

© 2003 D. R. Wilson