11.   Most encouraging, the math tests are not simply numbers exercises but concentrate on critical thinking skills vital for future success in employment and life.

12.   Publishers maintain the program helps develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

13.   She has a National Science Foundation grant to help kindergartners use both spatial and verbal thinking skills.

14.   Teachers say the experienced-based educational process helps foster thinking skills, but not neccessarily strong work habits.

15.   The Florida Legislature showed a surprising new appreciation for improved thinking skills by requiring day care centers to play classical music.

16.   The format is a familiar one in the world of thinking skills.

17.   The goal is to help youngsters improve their self-esteem, creativity and critical thinking skills.

18.   The test includes multiple-choice questions, writing essays and reading long passages that encourage the use of critical thinking skills.

19.   Their children need critical thinking skills, they complain, not a steady diet of details.

20.   Although the men were not stupid, their knowledge of the elephant was limited by their lack of experience and thinking skills.