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# Thinking Outside the Block: Two alumni launch toy to foster abstract thinking in kids and adults alike

## Details

**Authors** Lang S

**Year** 2007

**Publisher** Cornell Chronicle

**Kind of work** press

**Discipline** Education

**Kind of engagement** press

[Read it](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/10/thinking-outside-block-alumni-launch-toy-promote-thinking)

## In authors' words

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A Cornell Chronicle story by Susan Lang on Derek and Laura Cabrera launching ThinkBlocks, a manipulable toy for teaching abstract thinking, ahead of its Chicago Toy Fair debut.

### What they found (results)

The toy turns abstract concepts into physical things students can touch and build with — the article describes distinction making, part-whole systems, cause and effect, and taking different viewpoints as what the blocks teach.

## Commentary

### In short

Coverage of the work in Cornell Chronicle.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

**How to cite this** Lang S (2007). Thinking Outside the Block: Two alumni launch toy to foster abstract thinking in kids and adults alike. Cornell Chronicle.