facilitating high order of thinking by karen kawilarang
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Presented by:
Karen K. Kawilarang, S.HumGrade 4 PYP Teacher and Year LeaderSekolah Victory Plus, [email protected]
Facilitating High Order of Thinking in Learning Activities
Objectives
• Identify the role of high order thinking (HOT) in 21st century classroom.
• Identify the challenges in developing HOT• Set and share some effective strategies to
facilitate students’ HOT
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What does a 21st Century classroom look like?
Other Food?
a. A bag of mixed nuts
b.A large pizzac. A bowl of fresh
organic saladd.Food you’ve never
tasted e. other
Please explain your choice of answer to a friend next to you
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21st Century learning requires Thinking that is BEYOND just
remembering.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Kinds of Thinking that are Essential in Aiding our Understanding
• Observing closely and describing what’s there• Building explanations and interpretations• Reasoning with evidence• Making connections• Considering different viewpoints and
perspective• Forming Conclusions• Wondering and asking questions.
Making Thinking Visible, p10
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What keeps it from happening?
• With your table group, draw/describe a class where thinking is NOT happening effectively.
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The “Road Blocks” in Class Practices
Pressure to cover “everything”
Lecturing: Seeing, Listening, without experiencing.
Rote learning (lots of memorizing and drilling)
Things Teachers Need to always keep in mind
• What is the purpose of my students learning this?
• Ask the “so what” question.
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Caution!
• Sometimes, activities are interactive and enjoyable for students, but they are missing out on the thinking objectives.
The Multiplication Bingo
Instruction:• The class is divided into groups of 4• Each group gets a set of bingo cards
(answer) and multiplication facts mini cards (questions)
• Each group member takes turn drawing the mini cards, read it to everyone in the group.
• Every member calculate the facts and find the answer on the bingo card provided
• The game goes on until someone in the group gets a bingo (5 answers consecutively marked horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)
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“What kinds of thinking do we expect and want to promote in
the learning process?”
In order to create a learning activity that effectively facilitates thinking we need to
know:
Making Thinking Visible
Thinking about Thinking
• Thinking is a messy, dynamic and interconnected process.
• It might not happen in a lockstep or sequential manner.
• We need to facilitate ways for learners to be able to present their thoughts
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Thinking Exploration
• Explore the 5 examples of thinking routines provided
• Each group has 5 minutes to try each activity• The instruction for each activity is provided
alongside .• Think of the kinds of thinking being promoted
through that activity.
1. Compass Points
Types of thinking I would like to promote:
•Expressing personal reactions of an idea•Decision making and planning
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Compass Points
N: NeedsWhat do you need to
know or find out about this idea?
E: ExcitementWhat excites you about this idea?
S: Stance, Steps, SuggestionsWhat suggestions do you have at this point?
W: WorriesWhat do you find
worrisome about this idea?
The Why Staircase
Types of thinking I would like to promote:
•Reasoning with evidence
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CSI: Color, Symbol, Image
•Visualizing an abstract concept through metaphors
Chalk Talk
Types of thinking I would like to promote:
•Expressing prior knowledge, ideas, questioning
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Step Inside
Types of thinking I would like to promote:
•Perspective taking
More Resources/Ideas for Thinking Routines
http://www.pz.gse.harvard.edu/visible_thinking.php
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What is your AHA! Moment
In your own notebook/device, you may write down the new things that you learned from this session.
Whatever learning activity you prepare for your students , please, as Kath Murdoch has said, “make sure it is worth thinking about”.