
Thinkabout
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.
Seasons & Episodes

2.Finding Alternatives: Brainstorming
15m1979-09-17

3.Finding Alternatives: Blockbusting
15m1979-10-01

4.Finding Alternatives: You Can Remember
15m1979-10-08

5.Estimating and Approximating: Estimating
15m1979-10-15

6.Estimating and Approximating: Approximating
15m1979-10-22

7.Estimating and Approximating: Using Estimating and Approximating
15m1979-10-29

8.Estimating and Approximating: Find Your Guide
15m1979-11-05

9.Giving & Getting Meaning: What's the Meaning?
15m1979-10-29

10.Giving & Getting Meaning: Meaning is More than Words
15m1979-11-19

11.Giving & Getting Meaning: Remember the Audience!
15m1979-11-26

12.Giving & Getting Meaning: But What Does It Mean?
15m1979-12-03

13.Giving & Getting Meaning: The Bigger Picture
15m1979-12-10

14.Giving & Getting Meaning: Where Are You Coming From?
15m1979-12-17

15.Challenge #1: Time Capsule: Make a Present for the Future
15m1979-12-24

16.Collecting Information: What Do I Know?
15m1979-12-31

17.Collecting Information: Where Should I Go?
15m1980-01-07

18.Collecting Information: What Should I Do?
15m1980-01-14

19.Collecting Information: There are Ways to Remember
15m1980-01-21

20.Classifying: Classifying Objects
15m1980-01-28

21.Classifying: Classifying Information
15m1980-02-04

22.Classifying: Stereotyping People
15m1980-02-11

23.Classifying: There Are Many Ways to Go
15m1980-02-18

24.Finding Patterns: People Patterns
15m1980-02-25

25.Finding Patterns: Communication Patterns
15m1980-03-03

26.Finding Patterns: Cultural Patterns
15m1980-03-10

27.Finding Patterns: Nature's Patterns
15m1980-03-17

28.A Challenge: Search for the Unknown
15m1980-03-24

29.Generalizing: Drawing Conclusions
15m1980-03-31

30.Generalizing: Checking Conclusions
15m1980-04-07

31.A Tip: Practice for Success
15m1980-04-14

32.Sequencing & Scheduling: One Step at a Time
15m1980-04-21

33.Sequencing & Scheduling: Plan Ahead
15m1980-04-28

34.Sequencing and Scheduling: Calm Your Jitters!
15m1980-05-05

35.Using Criteria: What Are They?
15m1980-05-12

36.Using Criteria: Where Do You Get Them?
15m1980-05-19

37.Using Criteria: How Do You Change That?
15m1980-05-26

38.A Challenge: Design a Language
15m1980-06-02

39.Reshaping Information: Symbols
15m1980-06-09

40.Reshaping Information: More Than You Think
15m1980-06-09

41.Reshaping Information: Summarizing
15m1980-06-16

42.Reshaping Information: Maps and Models
15m1980-06-23

43.A Tip: Get Ahead with Goals
15m1980-06-30

44.Judging Information: Should I Believe It?
15m1980-07-07

45.Judging Information: What's Important?
15m1980-07-14

46.Judging Information: What's Enough?
15m1980-07-21

47.Judging Information: Point of View
15m1980-07-28

48.Judging Information: Persuasive Techniques
15m1980-08-04

49.A Tip: Make a Deal with Yourself
15m1980-08-11

50.Communicating Effectively: Styles of Communication
15m1980-08-18

51.Communicating Effectively: Planning a Presentation
15m1980-08-25

52.Communicating Effectively: Making a Presentation
15m1980-09-01

53.Communicating Effectively: Making Your Point!
15m1980-09-08

54.Communicating Effectively: Making It Come Alive
15m1980-09-15

55.A Challenge: Make Something New
15m1980-09-22

56.Solving Problems: One Thing Leads to Another
15m1980-09-29

57.Solving Problems: A Matter of Time
15m1980-10-06

58.Solving Problems: There's Always a Risk
15m1980-10-13

59.Solving Problems: Hanging in There
15m1980-10-20

60.Plan a City of the Future
15m1980-10-27
Cast

Taborah Johnson
Jamie Dick










