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Workbook Series defines the Cloud as a logical thinking diagram that defines and analyzes a problem through different points of view in a way that eliminates the conflict without compromising important needs; the Logic Branch as a logical thinking diagram that describes through cause-effect relationships how an entry point leads to outcomes; and the Ambitious Target Tree as a logical diagram to construct feasible strategic and tactical plans to attain an ambitious target by analyzing obstacles and developing specific, sufficient, and sequenced steps that turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones. Thinking Across the Curriculum Series, Suerken, ©TOCICO for Education, Inc, 2009. See also The TOC Dictionary (Sullivan et al., 2007) at http://www.tocico.org/resource/resmgr/files-public/toc-ico_dictonary_first_edit.pdf

7Monterrey, Mexico, August 2000. Full case study entitled “TOC Mediation to Stop Name Calling” is available at http://www.tocforeducation.com/cloud-b/cb7.html

8In TOC, an assumption is a statement, condition, or belief about why a logical relationship exists between entities.

9“An Alternative to Hazing,” http://www.tocforeducation.com/cloud-b/cb2.html. Roby continues to use the Cloud with students and reports that a similar hazing situation occurred on the first day of school in the fall of 2009. He took particular note of the insights gained through the use of the Cloud by the senior girls involved in the incident. When verbalizing their needs, they discovered that their need to be respected was actually being jeopardized by actions to haze others.

10Speech NCA Conference, Chicago, IL, April 1997. The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement accredits schools in 19 states.

11“AGOAL Academy” Presentation of Ana Maria Conde, 8th TOCfE International Conference, Seattle, WA, August 2005.

12Trapnell’s action research on the use of the TOC tools at Alderman Pounder Nursery School has been published in Child Education (August 1998), Primary Leadership Paper (January 2003), and Teaching Expertise (Winter 2004).

13The Free Online Dictionary defines injerence as “the act or process of deriving a logical consequence or conclusion from existing premises” (www.thefreedictionary.com/inference).

14http://www.tocforeducation.com/cloud-c/cc01.html

15Glatter, 2003 “Reading Comprehension Through TOC,” Presentation 7th International Conference, Ft. Walton Beach, FL (October).

16“Ft. Walton Beach, FL, October 2007.

17http://www.tocforeducation.com/references.html

18Presentation of Marilyn Garcia to the Maryland Home Education Association, November 2006.

19Combined from “The Case of the Disruptive Student,” http://www.tocforeducation.com/branch-b/bb01.html and Small’s Presentation at 7th TOCfE International Conference, Ft Walton Beach, FL, May 2003.

20“I Have Had No Further Problem with Tardiness,” http://www.tocforeducation.com/branch-b/bb02.html

21“TOC in Counseling: Taking Responsibility for Learning, A Classroom Behavior Intervention,” Marcia Hutchinson: http://www.tocforeducation.com/att-b/math3.html and http://www.tocforeducation. com/att-b/math4.html

22http://www.tocforeducation.com/branch-b/bb03.html

23Languages spoken include Malay, Tamil, Chinese, and English.

24http://www.tocforeducation.com/cloud-b/cbl2.html

25TOCfE in Malaysia, 2004 Presentation at the 7th TOCfE International Conference, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, May; 2006 “100 Children ×100 Days × 100 Clouds” Presentation at the 9th TOCfE International Conference, Leon, Mexico, Sept.; 2005 Thinking Smart: You Are How You Think, Selangor Malaysia: Pelanduk Publications.

26“Changing the Mindsets of Groups of Disruptive Students,” http://www.tocforeducation.com/att-b/attb02.html

27Dr. Sirias has co-authored a TOC book for teenage children entitled SUCCESS: An Adventure and is currently developing a new workshop that incorporates TOC in mathematics delivery.

28Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

29Presentation to 7th TOCfE International Conference, Ft. Walton Beach, FL,