Higher Order Thinking Skills : Challenging All Students to Achieve

by R. Bruce Williams

• ISBN13: 9780971733251
• ISBN10: 0971733252
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781632209733
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Corwin Pr
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Summary

In this Nutshell resource, the author presents an instructional framework for the five Rs: Relevance, Richness, Relatedness, Rigor, and Recursiveness. The book shows K'12 teachers how instruction based on the five Rs, across content areas, can develop critical thinking skills (classifying, comparing/contrasting, and analyzing) and creative thinking skills (inferring, predicting, and visualizing).

Table of Contents

Introduction

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

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

Relatedness

About Relatedness

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skill of Connecting

Generating Insight--Skill of Forcing Relationships

Discerning Implications--Skill of Generalizing

Rigor

About Rigor

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skill of Explaining Why

Generating Insight--Skill of Inferring

Discerning Implications--Skills of Sequencing and Predicting

Recursiveness

About Recursiveness

The Life Questions

Understanding Information--Skill of Analyzing

General Insight--Skill of Making Analogies

Discerning Implications--Skill of Transferring

Conclusion

Brainstorming and Planning Lessons

Blacklines of Graphic Organizers

Bibliography

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