Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eAUEO7918807; Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:24:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:24:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <003001c05aae$cf239980$c9af35d8@-denton> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Denton Kurtz" <dkurtz@learningdisabilities.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3298] Re: Instruction for LBLD - more ?? for Denton X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1618 Lines: 42 Dear Tom, Thinking about thinking fits perfectly. What happens "in your mind" when you are asked to figure out what an unfamiliar word says or spell a word or solve a math problem? We are seldom "consciously" aware of how we come up with the information to express what we think is the answer. There are some to massive amounts of imagery, sound and language imputs and other sensory information which occur not at a conscious level. The conscious thought level is very slow compared to the other levels of thought. So thinking about thinking and helping develop the thinking which has to occur "below the surface" through training it at a conscious level until it becomes automatic and becomes efficient and effective "below the surface" thinking is vitally important. Because we do this we are always successful. Sincerely, Denton Kurtz the Kurtz Center Winter Park, FL www.learningdisabilities.com -----Original Message----- From: woods@ncia.net <woods@ncia.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Date: Sunday, November 26, 2000 6:00 PM Subject: [NIFL-LD:3292] Re: Instruction for LBLD - more ?? for Denton >Denton Kurtz wrote: >> Most of what we do is treatment of the meta-cognitive/internal level. The >> barely conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious thought processing level >is >> what we are training. > >Internal, barely conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious is quite the >opposite of what I understand metacognitive thinking to be, which literally >means "thinking about thinking." Would you please elaborate on metacognition >as you use the term? > >Tom Woods > > >
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