This section contains an alphabetical list of the references to academic articles, books and research mentioned in the database and supporting information on this website.

Adams, H B & Wallace, B (1991) TASC: a model for curriculum development, Gifted Education International, 7.3, pp. 104-113.

Adey, P. & Shayer, M. (1993) An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum. Cognition & Instruction, 11.1, pp.1-29.

Adey, P. & Shayer, M. (1994) Really raising standards: cognitive intervention and academic achievement. London: Routledge.  This article has also featured on the GTC’s Research of the Month website (http://www.gtce.org.uk/research/romhome.asp ) called “Improving learning through cognitive intervention”.

Adey, P., Robertson, A. & Venville, G. (2002) Effects of a cognitive acceleration programme on Year I pupils. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 72, pp.1-25.

Adey, P., Robertson, A. and Venville, G. (2002) Effects of a cognitive acceleration programme on Year 1 pupils British Journal of Educational Psychology 72 pp 1-25

Andrews, R, Costello, P, & Clarke, S (1993). Improving the Quality of Argument, 5-16.

Baron, J.B. & Sternberg, R.J. (Eds.) (1987) Teaching Thinking Skills, theory and practise. New York: Freeman.

Baumfield, V & Higgins, S (1997) ‘But no one has maths at a party’: pupils' reasoning strategies in a thinking skills programme Curriculum 18.3 pp 140-148

Baumfield, V, Mroz, M and Leat, S (2000) Thinking Through Stories: Report on the work of 4 Northumberland First Schools, Newcastle: University of Newcastle upon Tyne (ISBN 0 7017 0103 X).

Baumfield, V.M. & Higgins, S. (1997) “But no one has maths at a party”: pupils’ reasoning strategies in a Thinking Skills programme. Curriculum, 18.3, pp.140-148.

Baumfield, V.M. & Oberski, I.O. (1998) What do teachers think about Thinking Skills? Quality Assurance in Education, 6.1, pp.44-51.

Baumfield, V.M. (2000) Inquiry made public: Thinking Skills and professional development. Education Review, Vol. 14.1, pp.76-79.

Black, P and Wiliam, D (1998) Assessment and Classroom Learning Assessment in Education 5.1 pp

Blagg, N. & Ballinger, M. (1989) The Somerset Thinking Skills. In Coles, M.J. & Robinson Teaching Thinking. Bristol: Press Bristol.

Blagg, N. (1991) Can we teach intelligence?: a comprehensive evaluation of Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Brown, A. L. (1987). Metacognition, executive control, self-regulation and other more mysterious mechanisms. In R. Kluwe &F. Weinert (Eds.), Metacognition, motivation and understanding (pp. 65𤩤). London: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Burden, R. & Nichols, L. (2000) Evaluating the process of introducing a thinking skills programme into the secondary school curriculum. Research Papers in Education, 15.3, pp. 293-306.

Coles, M.J. & Robinson (1989) Teaching thinking. Bristol: Bristol Press.

Collins, C. and Mangieri, J.N. (1992) Teaching Thinking: An Agenda for the Twenty-First Century Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Costello, P. (2000) Thinking Skills in Early Childhood Education. David Fulton Publishers ISBN: 1853465518

Costello, P.J.M. (1993) Developing philosophical thinking in schools. Aspects of Education, 49, pp. 49-65.

Costello, P.J.M. (1995) Education, Citizenship and Critical Thinking. Early Child Development & Care, 107, pp.105-114.

Costello, P.J.M. (1996) Values and the teaching of philosophical thinking. Curriculum, 17.3, pp.132-143.

DeBono, E. (1992) Teach your child to think. London: Penguin.

Eisner, E (1998) Does experience in the arts boost academic achievement? Journal of Art and Design Education 17.1 pp 7-15

Fisher, R. (1998) Teaching thinking: philosophical enquiry in the classroom. London: Cassell.

Gardner, H. (1983) Frames of Mind: the theory of multiple intelligences New York: Basic Books

Goleman D (1995) Emotional Intelligence New York: Bantam

Higgins , S and Downey, G (2001) Thinking Through Mental Calculation: Raising Standards in Mathematics through Teaching Thinking, Newcastle upon Tyne: University of Newcastle ISBN 0 7017 0125 0.

Higgins, S. and Baumfield, V. (1998) A Defence of Teaching General Thinking Skills. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 32.3, pp. 391-398. ISSN 0309 8249

Johnson, D. W. & Johnson R. T. (1999). Learning Together and Alone: Cooperative, Competitive, and Individualistic Learning (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon

Lake, M. (2000) Improving concentration and memory skills. Teaching Thinking, 1, p.16-30.

Leat, D and Higgins S (2002) The role of powerful pedagogical strategies in curriculum development The Curriculum Journal 13.1 pp 71-85.

Leat, D and Nichols A (2000) Brains on the Table: diagnostic and formative assessment through observation Assessment in Education 7.1 pp 103-121.

Leat, D. (1999) ‘Rolling the stone uphill: teaching development and the implementation of Thinking Skills programme’. Oxford Review of Education, 25.3,  pp.387-403.

Leat, D. and Higgins S. (2002) The role of powerful pedagogical strategies in curriculum development. The Curriculum Journal 13.1, pp. 71-85.

Leat, D. and Nichols A. (2000) Brains on the Table: diagnostic and formative assessment through observation. Assessment in Education 7.1, pp.103-121.

Lipman, M. (1988) Philosophy goes to school. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Lipman, M. (1998) Teaching Students to Think Reasonably: Some Findings of the Philosophy for Children Program. Clearing House, 71(5), pp. 277-280.

Lipman, M., Sharp, A. & Oscanyan, F. (1980) Philosophy in the classroom. (2nd Ed.) Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Maltby, F. (1995) The use of TASC to develop a selection of tools for effective thinking, Gifted Education International, 11.1, pp. 18-23.

Marzano R, Pickering D J & Pollock J E (2001) Classroom Instruction That Works: Research Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement Alexandria, VA: ASCD

McGuinness, C. & Nisbet, J. (1991) Teaching thinking in Europe. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 61.2, pp.174-186.

McGuinness, C. (1993) Teaching thinking: new signs for theories of cognition. Educational Psychology, 13.3&4, pp.395-416.

McGuinness, C. (1999) From Thinking Skills to thinking classrooms: a review and evaluation of approaches for developing pupils’ thinking. London: DfEE, (Research Report RR115).  Download a Word version of this report:  (http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RB115.doc )

McGuinness, C. et al (1997) Final report on the ACTS project: phase 2. Belfast: Northern Ireland Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.

McGuinness, C., Wylie, J., Greer, B. & Sheehy, N.A.F. (1995) Developing children's thinking: A tale of three projects. Irish Journal of Psychology, 16.4, pp. 378-388.

Mercer N (2000) Words and Minds: How we use language to think together London: Routledge.

Mercer N, Wegerif R and Dawes L (1999) Children’s talk and the development of reasoning in the classroom British Educational Research Journal 25.1 pp 95-111

Mercer N, Wegerif R, Dawes L, Sams C and Higgins S (2002) Language, Thinking and ICT in the primary curriculum: Final project report to the Nuffield Foundation Milton Keynes: Open University.

Mercer, N., Wegerif, R. and Dawes, L. (1999) ‘Children’s talk and the development of reasoning in the classroom’. British Educational Research Journal, 25.1, pp.95-111.

Murris, K. & Haynes, J. (2000) Storywise: thinking through picture books. Somerset: Dialogue Works.

Novak, J.D. & Gowin, D.B. (1994) Learning how to learn. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Novak, J.D. (1998) Learning, creating and using knowledge. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Peterson, T.O. & Lunsford, D.A. (1998) Parallel Thinking: A Technique for Group Interaction and Problem Solving, Journal of Management Education, 22.4, pp. 537-554.

Pithers, R.T. & Soden, R. (2000) Critical Thinking in Education: A Review. Educational Research, 42.3, pp. 237-249.

Quinn, V. Critical Thinking in Young Minds London: David Fulton.

Resnick, L.B. & Klopfer, L.E. (Eds.) (1989) Toward the thinking curriculum: current cognitive research. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Romney, D.M. and Samuels, M. T. (2001) A meta-analytic evaluation of Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment program. Education and Child Psychology, 18.4, pp.19-34.

Sharron, H. & Coulter, M. (1987) Changing children’s minds: Feuerstein’s revolution in the teaching of intelligence. London: Souvenir Press.

Sharron, H. & Coulter, M. (1994) Changing Children’s Minds Birmingham: Imaginative Minds.

Shayer, M. (1999) Cognitive acceleration through science education II: its effects and scope. International Journal of Science Education, 21.8, pp. 883-902.

Shayer. M. and Adey, P. (2002) Learning Intelligence: Cognitive Acceleration Across the Curriculum Buckingham: Open University Press.

Sigurborsdottir, I. (1998) Philosophy with Children in Foldaborg International Journal of Early Childhood 30.1 pp 14-16.

Sprod T. (1998) "I Can Change Your Opinion on That": Social Constructivist Whole Class Discussions and Their Effect on Scientific Reasoning Research in Science Education 28.4 pp 463-80.

Splitter, L. and Sharp, A.M. (1995) Teaching for better thinking: the classroom community of enquiry Melbourne: Australian Council for Educational Research.

Splitter, L.J. and Sharp, A.M. (1995) Teaching for Better Thinking – The Classroom Community of Inquiry (Melbourne, ACER).

Swartz, R. & Parks, S. (1994) Infusing the teaching of critical and creative thinking into content instruction: a lesson design handbook for the elementary grades. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Critical Thinking Press & Software.

van der Horst, H (2000) A Problem Solving Strategy for Gifted Learners in South Africa, Gifted Education International, 15.1, pp. 103-110

Vaughn, V L F (1991) A Comparison of the 4MAT System of Instruction with Two Enrichment Units Based on Bloom's Taxonomy with Gifted Third-Graders in a Pull-Out Program Purdue University (Ph.D thesis).

Wallace B, Adams H B, Maltby F & Mathfield J (1993) TASC: Thinking actively in a social context Bicester: AB Academic Publishers.

Wegerif R, Mercer N and Dawes L (1999) From social interaction to individual reasoning: an empirical investigation of a possible socio-cultural model of cognitive development Learning and Instruction 9.5 pp 493-516.

Wegerif, R. (1996) Using computers to help coach exploratory talk across the curriculum. Computers & Education, 26(1-3), pp. 51-60.