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Higher Order Thinking Skills
Challenging All Students to Achieve
First Edition
- R. Bruce Williams - Educational Consultant, Texas
Series:
In A Nutshell Series
In A Nutshell Series
January 2003 | 152 pages | Corwin
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.
Introduction
1. Relevance
2. Richness
3. Relatedness
4. Rigor
5. Recursiveness
Conclusion
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
Bibliography