Higher Order Thinking Skills
Challenging All Students to Achieve
First Edition
R. Bruce Williams
- Educational Consultant, Texas
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ISBN:
9780971733251
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January 0001
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.
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.
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
Conclusion
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
Bibliography
Bibliography
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.
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.
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
Conclusion
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
Bibliography
Bibliography
January 2003 | 152 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9780971733251 | $37.95 |
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.
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.
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