Gifted Bulletin Board

Welcome to the Gifted Issues Discussion Forum.

We invite you to share your experiences and to post information about advocacy, research and other gifted education issues on this free public discussion forum.
CLICK HERE to Log In. Click here for the Board Rules.

Links


Learn about Davidson Academy Online - for profoundly gifted students living anywhere in the U.S. & Canada.

The Davidson Institute is a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted students through the following programs:

  • Fellows Scholarship
  • Young Scholars
  • Davidson Academy
  • THINK Summer Institute

  • Subscribe to the Davidson Institute's eNews-Update Newsletter >

    Free Gifted Resources & Guides >

    Who's Online Now
    0 members (), 216 guests, and 28 robots.
    Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
    Newest Members
    Blue Myst, Cindi, Peetuldience, Bhadi, Daaniel
    11,641 Registered Users
    April
    S M T W T F S
    1 2 3 4 5
    6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    13 14 15 16 17 18 19
    20 21 22 23 24 25 26
    27 28 29 30
    Previous Thread
    Next Thread
    Print Thread
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posts: 10
    S
    Junior Member
    OP Offline
    Junior Member
    S
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posts: 10
    Did anyone use workbooks from critical thinking co.?

    http://www.criticalthinking.com/index.jsp

    Any feedback please?

    Joined: Sep 2008
    Posts: 354
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Sep 2008
    Posts: 354
    I have not used the workbooks, but my dds have several CD ROM's. They enjoy them regularly.

    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posts: 1,815
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posts: 1,815
    My boys have liked Mindbenders and Mathperplexors.

    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posts: 302
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Mar 2008
    Posts: 302
    We used Building Thinking Skills, but it was a long LONG time ago, and we used a science concept map book that I think is now out of print... Both of them were cute and fun and I liked them, but we were done with them extremely quickly, and much younger than suggested... Which is not to say they're badly aimed or anything, just to trust your own knowledge of your own kid in choosing levels. There's nothing magic about the suggested age ranges.

    More recently we've used books from their Critical Thinking in U.S. History series, which I really liked. I think that one has been my favorite, because it took the topics we were already reading about and beefed up the discussion significantly, plus addressed the aspect of history that I find most important - that history is written from a point of view, and not as a dispassionate list of Facts. It was also an excellent resource just for the variety of sources it quoted. Whether you were using the exercises or not, it was a useful thing to have six different takes on the Roanoake story, for instance.


    Erica
    Joined: Aug 2007
    Posts: 970
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Aug 2007
    Posts: 970
    My favorite has to be the Word Roots books. We've used several other workbooks and a couple of the CD roms too. Good stuff!

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posts: 6,145
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posts: 6,145
    I think they're pretty universally well-liked in GT crowds. I've never heard anything negative, only praise.


    Kriston
    Joined: Oct 2008
    Posts: 1,167
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Joined: Oct 2008
    Posts: 1,167
    My DS loves the Mindbender series.


    Shari
    Mom to DS 10, DS 11, DS 13
    Ability doesn't make us, Choices do!
    Joined: Nov 2007
    Posts: 864
    Q
    Member
    Offline
    Member
    Q
    Joined: Nov 2007
    Posts: 864
    DS8 is enjoying the Word Roots and Editor in Chief Software. We also bought Reading Detective. I'm very pleased with their products and their IT help desk is as nice as can be.


    Moderated by  M-Moderator 

    Link Copied to Clipboard
    Recent Posts
    Dysgraphia Remediation?
    by millersb02 - 04/09/25 06:31 AM
    School options - need advice!
    by FrameistElite - 04/09/25 04:31 AM
    URL for NWEA 2015 MAP score/percentile converter
    by Ronald - 04/08/25 12:03 AM
    What do I ask for to support my kids?
    by smileyconfident - 04/07/25 06:19 PM
    How does MIT do it?
    by taotao886 - 04/04/25 12:24 AM
    Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5