Curriculum Associates' Topic in Education on Higher-Order Thinking Skills consists of three lessons.
Lesson 1 What are higher-order thinking skills? What does the research say, and how can students benefit from employing critical thinking, creative thinking, metacgognition.
Time to complete: approximately 30 minutes.
Lesson 2 Assess your teaching style for evidence of higher-order thinking. Learn ways to include higher-order thinking skills in your lessons, and how higher-order thinking fits into all areas of the curriculum.
Time to complete: approximately 30 minutes.
Lesson 3 Downloadable lesson plans and activities that build on students' prior knowledge, promote inquiry. See how problem solving and decision-making can foster higher-order thinking in your classroom.
Time to complete: approximately 25 minutes.
To complete the entire topic, with readings and downloads, takes approximately 1.5 hours.
