higher order thinking with the prs
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Classroom Response Systems, like the PRS, have a huge potential for engaging students in higher order thinking. But what is higher order thinking? How can technology be used in this way? What impact does PRS/CRS have on classroom pedagogy?TRANSCRIPT
By Simon Evans
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Using PRS to support Higher Order Thinking Skills
Which Framework best defines Higher Order Thinking?A. DeBono’s Six Hats
B. Bloom’s Taxonomy
C. Multiple Intelligences
D. Habits of Mind
E. All of the above
What was DeBono’s solutionto the Middle East Crisis?
A. UN PeaceKeepers
B. Fish
C. Diplomatic Summit Meeting
D. Marmite
Answer: D
What was DeBono’s solutionto the Middle East Crisis?
Answer: D
Which Framework best defines Higher Order Thinking?
A. DeBono’s Six Hats
B. Bloom’s Taxonomy
C. Multiple Intelligences
D. Habits of Mind
E. All of the above
Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation
• Remember
• Understand
• Apply
• Analyse
• Evaluation
• Create
Bloom’s Taxonomy - Consider
Remember
Understand
Apply
Analyse
Evaluate
Create
Show what they can retrieve from long term memory
Make connections to new learning, give examples, predicting, finding patterns
Following a procedure to complete a task. Breaking a task into parts and
show how the parts relate to each other
Identifying problems, judging, comparison with reasoning
Produce original ideas or detailed plans.
Match the activity• Find another book with a friendship theme• Draw a flowchart of the digestive system• How are the characters in these two stories similar?• What are the advantages and disadvantages of this game?
Which Blooms Level is this?1.Remember2.Understand3.Apply4.Analyse5.Evaluation6.Create
Match the activity• Find another book with a friendship theme• Draw a flowchart of the digestive system• How are the characters in these two stories similar?• What are the advantages and disadvantages of this game?
Which Blooms Level is this?
Answer: 2. Understand
Match the activity 2• Write 2 different dramatic skits about the term ‘buyer beware’• Design a cartoon character who saves water• Write a new ending to Little Red Riding Hood.• Design unusual puppets for this story
Which Blooms Level is this?
1.Remember2.Understand3.Apply4.Analyse5.Evaluation6.Create
Match the activity 2• Write 2 different dramatic skits about the term ‘buyer beware’• Design a cartoon character who saves water• Write a new ending to Little Red Riding Hood.• Design unusual puppets for this story
Which Blooms Level is this?
Answer: 6. Create
Match the activity 3• Compare and contrast these toys• Find as many common links between these events as you can• What if Little Red Riding Hood carried a mobile phone.• What outcomes is this advertisement trying to achieve?
Which Blooms Level is this?
1.Remember2.Understand3.Apply4.Analyse5.Evaluation6.Create
Match the activity 3• Compare and contrast these toys• Find as many common links between these events as you can• What if Little Red Riding Hood carried a mobile phone.• What outcomes is this advertisement trying to achieve?
Which Blooms Level is this?
Answer: 4. Analyse
What is PRS?• True or False
• Multiple choice
• Short answer• Numeric (includes remainders, decimals & fractions)
Why PRS?Anonymity
Autonomy
Speed of response
Visualisation of the understanding of the class or group.
Classroom management
Demands a response
Tactile and Visual
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