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Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Figural & Verbal
The #1-selling thinking skills program in the world!
Grades: 7th - 12th
Highly effective nonverbal reasoning activities improve students' math, logic, and figural spatial skills as well as their visual, motor, analytical reasoning, and auditory processing skills.
(NEW Edition - Student Books Now Include Answers)
Test preparation - guarantees top performance on assessment tests and GATE exams!
Multiple award winner, including Creative Child Seal of Excellence award and the Cathy Duffy Top 100
Building Thinking Skills Level 3 Figural (Grades 7th-12th) -> ON SALE NOW
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Building Thinking Skills Level 3: 2-Book Set (Grades 7th-12th)
Critical Thinking Series -> ON SALE NOW
Problem Solving, Reasoning, Logic, and Arguments
Grades: 7th - 12th

Teaches students to think logically. Students learn to identify valid and invalid claimsand aguments, sufficient and insufficient efidence, fact and opinion, generalizations, emotional arguments, inferences, deductions, and more. Instruction/Answer guides sold separately.
Recommended by The Well Trained Mind
Critical Thinking Book One -> ON SALE
Critical Thinking Book One Instruction/Answer Guide -> ON SALE
Critical Thinking Book Two -> ON SALE
Critical Thinking Book Two Instruction/Answer Guide -> ON SALE
Critical Thinking 4-Book Set -> ON SALE
Critical Thinking in United States History
Grades: 6th - 12th+
Makes history fresh, relevant, and real! These books-on-cd use fascinating original source documents and discussion-based critical thinking methods to help children evaluate conflicting perspectives of historical events. Each Instruction/Answer Guide includes a course-end test and suggested solutions.
Printed Books and Books-on-CD available. Printable PDF includes Instruction/Answer Guides and Student Text.
Recommended by The Well-Trained Mind.
Colonies to Constitution Books-on-CD
New Republic to Civil War Books-on-CD
Reconstruction to Progressivism Books-on-CD
Spanish-American War to Vietnam War Books-on-CD
New Republic to Civil War Student Book
New Republic to Civil War - Instruction/Answer Guide
Reconstruction to Progressivism Student Book
Reconstruction to Progressivism - Instruction/Answer Guide
Spanish-American War to Vietnam War Student Book
Spanish-American War to Vietnam War - Instruction/Answer Guide
Critical Thinking in United States History 4-Books-on-CD Set
Dr. DooRiddles C1 -> NOW ON SALE
Associative Reasoning
Grades 8th-12th
Regular price: $10.99
Sale price: $7.99
09203BBP
This item is currently out of stock!
Dr. Funster's Creative Thinking Puzzlers C1 -> ON SALE
Grades: 9th - 12th
Value-priced, Dr. Funster books contain collections of our most popular quick, fun thinking puzzles and games. Helps your children become fluent, flexible problem solvers who can generate different solutions and different ways to find solutions.
Regular price: $6.99
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Editor in Chief C1 -> ON SALE NOW
Real-life editing skills for superior writing and top test scores!
Grades 9th - 12th

Available in books or software!
Regular price: $18.99
Sale price: $17.09
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Editor in Chief C2 -> ON SALE NOW
Real-life editing skills for superior writing and top test scores!
Grades 9th - 12th

Available in books or software!
Regular price: $18.99
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Editor in Chief C1 Software CD
Real-life editing skills for superior writing and top test scores!
Grades: 9th - 12th+

Available in books or software!
$27.99
09721SCH
Editor in Chief C2 Software CD
Real-life editing skills for superior writing and top test scores!
Grades: 9th - 12th+

Available in books or software!
$27.99
09733SCH
The Fallacy Detective
by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
Ages: 13 - Adult
Thirty-Six Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning
What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an error in logic – a place where someone has made a mistake in his thinking. The authors wrote this book to meet the needs of Christian parents who want a do-able text for introducing logic and critical thinking to their children.
$22.00
CL01-FLDT
Get Me Out of Here B1 Software
Helps Students Organize Thinking and Writing
Grades: 7th - 12th

Get Me Out of Here! improves reading comprehension, writing, mental organization, planning ahead, attention to detail, mapping, and visual-spatial sense.
California Instructional Technology Award
$23.99
09804SCH
This item is currently out of stock!
Learning on Purpose
Teaches students to overcome study challenges and become successful learners.
Grades: 7 - 12+
A self-management approach to study skills, this book develops methods of effective organization, time management, comprehension and memory skills, and test-taking strategies.
"Recommended!" - The Well Trained Mind
$29.99
02401BBP
Logic in 100 Minutes Workshop DVD
by Hans Bluedorn and Nathaniel Bluedorn
Ages: 10 - Adult
In two fifty-minute workshops Hans and Nathaniel introduce logic in a useful and fun way.
Part One: Learning to Think Logically – Hans and Nathaniel show how to spot propaganda and fallacies on TV and the Internet. They introduce ways parents and students can combat illogic around them. Common errors in reasoning are explained.
Part Two: Using Your Thinking Toolbox – Hans and Nathaniel show how to look at both sides of a controversial topic and decide which is right. Logic can make boring subjects fun and memorable. Topics include: how to spot a scientific hoax, opposing viewpoints in history, and tools for scientific thinking.
$15.00
CL03-L100M
Math Word Problems Level C -> NOW ON SALE
Grades: 5th - 10th
Subject: Mathematics
Regular price: $14.99
Sale price: $9.99
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Memory Challenge Software
Improve visual perception and memory skills
Grades: K - 12th+

Enhance visual perception and memory for reading and math! This is an easy-to-use but very powerful program for developing and testing visual memory skills.
$25.99
09410SCH
Mind Benders B & C Levels
Deductive Thinking Skills Logic Puzzles - Books & Software
Grades: 7th - 12th+
Our bestselling deductive thinking puzzles develop logic, reading comprehension, and mental organization skills vital to achieving higher grades and top test scores in all subjects. They are also great for improving real-life problem-solving skills.
Mind Benders B1 (Gr 7-12+) - NOW combined with Mind Benders B2 in the NEW Mind Benders Book 5
Mind Benders B2 (Gr 7-12+) -> ON SALE NOW
Mind Benders B4 (Gr 7-12+) -> ON SALE NOW
Mind Benders B1-B2 Software
Mind Benders B3-B4 Software
Mind Benders C1 (Gr 7-12+) -> ON SALE NOW
Mind Benders C2 (Gr 7-12+) -> ON SALE NOW
Mind Benders C3 (Gr 7-12+) -> ON SALE NOW
Mind Benders 4-CD Software Set
Red Herring Mysteries Level 2 (A Case of Red Herrings B1 & B2 combined)
Solving Mysteries Through Critical Questioning
Grades: 7th - 12th+
Children learn to think beyond the literal meaning! Funny mysteries develop inferential and deductive reasoning for more effective reading, listening, and logical thinking. Encourages creative brainstorming and flexible thinking.
$14.99
00512BBP
Reading Detective Rx -> ON SALE NOW
Higher-Order Thinking to Improve Reading Comprehension
Grades: 6th - 12th
RX activities are "prescriptive" to help underperforming students in grades 6th–12th+ improve their comprehension skills. Reading level is grades 4th–6th; story content is grades 6th-12th. Topics are based on relevant subjects for secondary students.
Regular price: $23.99
Sale price: $21.59
01511BBP
Revenge of the Logic Spiders
Logical thinking in a fun game of chase and escape!
Grades: 6th - 12th+
Helps students apply deeper levels of comprehension and logic to schoolwork, standardized assessments, and aptitude tests. Fun, challenging, and effective independent learning program that sharpens reasoning and comprehension. Each possible answer must be read and analyzed carefully. Only correct inferences and deductions allow students to escape hungry spiders.
$19.99
00811SCH
Revenge of the Riddle Spiders C1 Software
Associative vocabulary and spelling activities in a fun game of chase and escape!
Grades: 8th - 12th+
Uses rhyming riddles and a fun chase game to improve students' language skills in spelling, vocabulary, word use, and understanding of multiple word meanings. Students carefully read each clue looking for word associations that will provide or confirm their answers. Through smart strategy and correct answers, students can escape the pursuing spiders while improving their thinking, reading comprehension, and vocabulary skills along the way!
$19.99
00823SCH
Sciencewise Book 3
Discover Scientific Process through Problem Solving
Grades: 9th - 12th+
Sciencewise uses experiments with surprising outcomes and hands-on activities that require critical thinking to teach scientific analysis and problem solving. Demonstrations capture students' interest by revealing surprising outcomes. Each experiment is followed by easy-to-use questions that reinforce scientific thinking. Creative Challenges presents students with scientific problems to solve, allowing them to practice and apply the science process skills learned.
Regular price: $24.99
Sale price: $16.99
08803BBP
Scratch Your Brain Algebra
Grades: 7th-12th
Scratch Your Brain® activities develop your child's math and problem-solving skills. These fun activities boost competence, confidence, and test scores while helping students make the transition to higher level mathematics. Each book contains a variety of engaging, often humorous activities, puzzles, patterns, sequences, writing multi-step solutions, and more.
NOW Available
$19.99
09917BBP
Scratch Your Brain Geometry
Grades: 8th-12th
Meeting math standards and developing problem solving skills has never been such fun! These fun activities boost students' math competence and prepare them for standardized tests and assessments.
$19.99
09916BBP
Think Analogy Puzzles Software C1
Builds vocabulary and reading comprehension skills! Test Preparation.
Grades: 9th - 12th
Engaging activities help students develop razor-sharp analogy, vocabulary, and analysis skills to improve reading comprehension, academic performance and test results. Clearly, easily, and effectively teaches students how to analyze and classify analogies by relationship, category, and structure. Test Preparation: Prepares students for higher-level vocabulary and reading challenges and for state and other standardized educational assessments.
$21.99
08933SCH
Think-A-Grams C1
Develop visual-verbal thinking.
Grades: 9th - 12th
Popular puzzles bring together students' logical/objective (left-brain) and random/subjective (right-brain) thinking to sharpen their language usage and visual skills. Students analyze the way words are written (e.g., size, position, direction) to solve each puzzle using common idioms and words.
$12.99
06303BBP
Think-A-Grams C2
Develop visual-verbal thinking.
Grades: 9th - 12th
Popular puzzles bring together students' logical/objective (left-brain) and random/subjective (right-brain) thinking to sharpen their language usage and visual skills. Students analyze the way words are written (e.g., size, position, direction) to solve each puzzle using common idioms and words.
Regular price: $12.99
Sale price: $8.99
06306BBP
The Thinking Toolbox
by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
Ages: 13 - Adult
Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills
This book is like a toolbox, full of different kinds of tools you can use for different thinking tasks. Just as you use the wrench in a regular tool box to fix the sink, so you can use the tools we give you in this book to solve thinking problems. The authors wrote this book for children and adults who want to learn logic and critical thinking skills.
$22.00
CL02-TTBX
What Would You Do?  Book 2
Critical Thinking applied to real-life moral dilemmas
Grades: 6th - 12th+

Gives students the opportunity to apply their moral values to real-life moral dilemmas. These problems are wonderful for family or class discussion problems that develop critical thinking skills and explore character-building issues.
$9.99
06602PBP
Word Roots
Empowers students with unlimited vocabulary, prepares for testing and higher education!
Grades: 2nd - 12th+
Effective activities teach Latin and Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes - the building blocks of English. Improves spelling, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
Available in books or software!
Word Roots Beginning
Word Roots A1
Word Roots A2
Word Roots B1
Word Roots B2
Word Roots 4-Book Set
Word Roots 5-Book Set
Word Roots A1 Software
Word Roots A2 Software
Word Roots B1 Software
Word Roots 3-CD Software Set
You Decide!
Grades: 6th - 12th
With You Decide! court is in session. The honorable “judges,” your students, will be asked to rule on 75 actual U.S. Supreme Court cases based on the first eight amendments to the Constitution. Students will sharpen their critical thinking skills and their legal and historical knowledge as they analyze the amendments, discover their origins, and rule on actual cases presented before the U.S. Supreme Court.
You Decide! Student Text
You Decide! Instruction Answer Guide
You Decide! Sample 1
You Decide! Sample 2

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