Teaching Thinking Skills in the Standards-based Classroom is an essential curriculum development guide that discusses the importance of teaching students critical thinking and problem solving skills in the standards-based classroom. This eBook gives educators the basic tools to strengthen the knowledge base and integrate higher order thinking skills into the standards-based curriculum. Topics discussed include analyzing the standards for thinking skills, developing and integrating activities at higher levels of thinking, creating lessons and activities to strengthen knowledge and comprehension skills, inquiry learning, interactive notebooks, writing, creation of authentic learning projects featuring the higher levels of thinking.