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Lesson Handouts

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Lesson 1

• Reading Assignment: "Teaching For Creativity"

Lesson 2

• Lesson plan using prior knowledge, multiple representations
• Reading Assignment: "How To Answer Children's Qestions"

Lesson 3

• Sample K-W-L chart
• Elementary lesson plan 1
• Elementary lesson plan 2
• Middle school lesson plan 1
• Middle school lesson plan 2
• Middle school lesson plan 3

 

Websites

• Best Teaching Practices: Metacognition
  Authors from the Akron Global Polymer Academy at the University of Akron describe best practices to promote metacognition.  Available from http://agpa.uakron.edu/k12/best_practices/metacognition.html

  Higher Order Thinking Skills Question Templates
  This site contains examples of questions stems that prompt recall, analysis, comparison, inference, and evaluation.  Available from http://sbci.cps.k12.il.us/HOTS_templates.pdf

  The Thinking Classroom
  The goal of this website is to teach teachers how to teach thinking to improve student learning.  Based on the research of the Cognitive Skills Group, Harvard Project Zero, it gives practical strategies, definitions, and activities.  Available from http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/index.cfm 
  See also http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/home/index.cfm

  Teaching Materials

  Assessing Levels of Comprehension from Curriculum Associates
  Student assessments for grades 1 through 8 use multiple-choice and short-answer questions to evaluate and practice a wide range of higher-order thinking skills.  They are framed around the cognitive processes of Bloom, Marzano, and others. 

  Building Levels of Comprehension from Curriculum Associates
  Instruction and practice in higher-order thinking for grades 1 – 8 are provided in this companion to Assessing Levels of Comprehension.  Four levels of comprehension move students from literal to inferential to critical thinking.

  Journals and Books

  Brown, A. L. (1987). Metacognition, executive control, self-regulation, and other more mysterious mechanisms.  In F.E. Weinert and R. H. Kluwe (Eds.), Metacognition, motivation, and understanding (pp. 65 –116).  Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

  Redfield, D. L., & Rousseau, E. W. (1981). A meta-analysis of experimental research on teacher questioning behavior.  Review of Educational Research, 51(2), 237-245.

  Rolheiser, C., ed. (1996). Self-evaluation…Helping students get better at it! Ajax, Ontario: VisuTronx.

  Scheid, K. (1993). Helping students become strategic learners: Guidelines for teaching. Cambridge, MA: Brookline Books.

  U.S. Department of Education (1986). What works: Research about teaching and learning. Washington, DC: Author.

References

• American Association for the Advancement of Science. National Research Council (NRC)National Science Education Standards. [Updated 1997; cited 26 June 2006].  Available from http://www.project2061.org/publications/rsl/online/COMPARE/NRC/NRCTOC.HTM

  Bloom, B.S. et al (Eds.). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Part I, Cognitive Domain. New York: Longman Green, 1956.

  Bowling Green State University. Partners in Context and Community. [Updated 28 March 2003; cited 26 June 2006].  Available from http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/as/pcc/index.html

  Clark, D. Learning Domains of Bloom’s Taxonomy. [Updated 5 July 2001; cited 1 June 2006].  Available from http://www.nw.link.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

  Cotton, K. Teaching Thinking Skills. [Updated 5 December 2002; cited 2 June 2006].  Available from http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/6/cu11.html

  Fennimore, T.F. and Tinzmann, M.B. What Is a Thinking Curriculum? [1990; cited June 5, 2006]. Available from http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/rpl_esys/thinking.htm

  Kerka, S. Higher Order Thinking Skills in Vocational Education. [1 January 1992; cited 1 June 2006].  Available from http://www.ericdigests.org/1992-1/order.htm

  Livingston, J. Metacognition: An Overview. [Updated 20 September 2004; cited 15 May 2006]. Available from http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/FAS/Shuell/CEP564/Metacog.htm

  Marzano, R.J., Brandt, R.S., Hughese, C.S., Jones, B.F., Presseisen, B.Z., Stuart, C., and Schor, C. Dimensions of Thinking. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1988.

  Marzano, R.J., Pickering, D.J., Arredondo, E.E, Blackburn, G.J, Brandt, R.S., and Moffett, C.A. Dimensions of Learning, Teacher’s Manual. Aurora, CO: MCREL, 1992.

  MCREL. Classroom Instruction That Works. Aurora, CO: 2005.

  National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools. Social Studies for the 21st Century: Recommendations of the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools. [1 November 1990; cited 1 June 2006].  Available from http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9219/social.htm

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. NCTM Standards. [Updated 2006; cited 17 May 2006].  Available from http://standards.nctm.org/document/chapter3/index.htm

  NCREL. Strategic Teaching and Reading Project Guidebook. Naperville, Illinois: NCREL, 1995.

  North Carolina Educational Tools. North Carolina Teacher’s Desk Reference. Jacksonville, FL: Educational Tools, Inc., 2005.

  Paul, R.W. Critical Thinking: How to Prepare Students for a Rapidly Changing World. Dillon Beach, CA: Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2004.

  Penguin Facts. [Updated 25 June 2006; cited 18 July 2006}.  Available from www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts.htm

  Poe, E.A. “The Cask of Amontillado.” [Updated 23 May 2005; cited 2 June 2006].  Available from http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html

  Scriven, M., and Paul, R.W. Defining Critical Thinking. [2005; cited 3 June 2006]. Available from http://www.criticalthinking.org/aboutCT/definingCT.shtml

  Sternberg, R.J. Successful Intelligence. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.

  Thomas, A. How Minds Work: The Key to Motivation, Learning, and Thinking. [1 August 2005; cited 16 May 2006]. Available from www.cdl.org/resource-library/articles/minds_work.php

  Thomas, A., and Thorne, G. Higher Order Thinking—It’s Hot! [1January 2003; cited 16 May 2006]. Available from http://www.cdl.org/resource-library/articles/highorderthinking.php

  Wong, H.K., and Wong, R.T. The First Days of School. Sunnyvale, CA: Harry K. Wong Publications, 1991.

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