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Thinkabout

15m1 SeasonTV-Y7

EnglishEnded

1 · Finding Alternatives: Why Bother?

2 · Finding Alternatives: Brainstorming

3 · Finding Alternatives: Blockbusting

4 · Finding Alternatives: You Can Remember

5 · Estimating and Approximating: Estimating

6 · Estimating and Approximating: Approximating

7 · Estimating and Approximating: Using Estimating and Approximating

8 · Estimating and Approximating: Find Your Guide

9 · Giving & Getting Meaning: What's the Meaning?

10 · Giving & Getting Meaning: Meaning is More than Words

11 · Giving & Getting Meaning: Remember the Audience!

12 · Giving & Getting Meaning: But What Does It Mean?

13 · Giving & Getting Meaning: The Bigger Picture

14 · Giving & Getting Meaning: Where Are You Coming From?

15 · Challenge #1: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the Future

16 · Collecting Information: What Do I Know?

17 · Collecting Information: Where Should I Go?

18 · Collecting Information: What Should I Do?

19 · Collecting Information: There are Ways to Remember

20 · Classifying: Classifying Objects

21 · Classifying: Classifying Information

22 · Classifying: Stereotyping People

23 · Classifying: There Are Many Ways to Go

24 · Finding Patterns: People Patterns

25 · Finding Patterns: Communication Patterns

26 · Finding Patterns: Cultural Patterns

27 · Finding Patterns: Nature's Patterns

28 · A Challenge: Search for the Unknown

29 · Generalizing: Drawing Conclusions

30 · Generalizing: Checking Conclusions

31 · A Tip: Practice for Success

32 · Sequencing & Scheduling: One Step at a Time

33 · Sequencing & Scheduling: Plan Ahead

34 · Sequencing and Scheduling: Calm Your Jitters!

35 · Using Criteria: What Are They?

36 · Using Criteria: Where Do You Get Them?

37 · Using Criteria: How Do You Change That?

38 · A Challenge: Design a Language

39 · Reshaping Information: Symbols

40 · Reshaping Information: More Than You Think

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Thinkabout, "a cooperative project for acquiring skills essential to learning", was an instructional program for children, produced in 1979 by the Agency for Instructional Television, in association with various contributing television stations in the United States and Canada. It was distributed to PBS and educational stations across the US and Canada as late as the mid-to-late 1980s. The sixty programs produced were aimed for fifth and sixth grade students to understand their learning process in topics as varied as language arts, mathematics, study skills, as well as thinking skills. Thinkabout was funded by various state and local agencies, with additional support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, one of very few CPB-funded programs not distributed by PBS.

  • Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT)
  • PBS

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
17 September 1979
Last aired
27 October 1980
Rating
TV-Y7

Production

Studios
Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT), PBS

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
60
Runtime
15m
Type
Scripted
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English