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Higher Order Thinking Skills

Challenging All Students to Achieve

First Edition
By: R. Bruce Williams

Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9780971733251
Published By: Corwin
Series: In A Nutshell Series
Year: 2003
Page Count: 152
Publication date: July 24, 2007

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Description

Explicit instruction in thinking skills must be a priority goal of all teachers. In this book, the author presents a framework of the five Rs: Relevancy, Richness, Relatedness, Rigor, and Recursiveness. The framework serves to illuminate instruction in critical and creative thinking skills for K-12 teachers across content areas.

Each chapter treats one category of thinking skills. A chapter begins with a brief anecdote that illustrates the category, then discusses the skill, presents relevant life questions, and concludes by examining chosen strategies for the three thinking levels.

Author(s)

R. Bruce Williams

Bruce Williams has more than thirty five years of international consulting experience, and is noted for his expertise in group facilitation and in planning and team building methodologies. Williams' specialty is facilitating participative, interactive group workshops whether they are focused on strategic planning and consensus building or instructional methodologies for the classroom. He has conducted successful workshops on brain compatible learning and school change facilitation, and he frequently presents in the areas of cooperative learning, higher order thinking skills, and authentic assessment. With seven years' experience in teaching English as a second language in Japan and Korea, Williams is highly experienced in working with diverse populations. Thirty-six years' experience in adult training also make him a valuable resource in facilitating school change. In addition to conference workshops in 2002 in Australia and New Zealand, he has been invited three times to present workshops for teachers in Singapore. In April of 2004, Williams was the keynote speaker for 400 principals and teachers in Beijing.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Relevance

About Relevance

The Life Question

Understanding Information--Skills of Comparing and Contrasting

Generating Insight--Skills of Evaluating and Judging

Discerning Implications--Skills of Applying

2. Richness

About Richness

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skills of Classifying, Sorting, and Ranking

General Insight--Skills of Visualizing and Imagining

Discerning Implications--Skills of Creating, Innovating, and Inventing

3. Relatedness

About Relatedness

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skill of Connecting

Generating Insight--Skill of Forcing Relationships

Discerning Implications--Skill of Generalizing

4. Rigor

About Rigor

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skill of Explaining Why

Generating Insight--Skill of Inferring

Discerning Implications--Skills of Sequencing and Predicting

5. Recursiveness

About Recursiveness

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skill of Analyzing

General Insight--Skill of Making Analogies

Discerning Implications--Skill of Transferring

Conclusion

Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons

Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers

Bibliography

Other Titles in: Teaching Methods & Learning Styles | Critical Thinking Skills

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