H.O.T.S.

	Links

		It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves.--- Robert Hutchins
	Higher Order Thinking Skills

Teachers at Parker Schools are encouraged to move their students across Bloom's taxonomy to levels where they are using their higher order thinking skills.

Listed below are some great websites on critical thinking skills and activities for the classroom.

Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum:

http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/blooms.htm

Center for PBL: www.samford.edu/pbl/

Lesson Plans from Education World: //db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=5849

Integrating Critical Thinking in the Classroom: www.accessexcellence.org/21st/TL/buchanan/

Inquiry-Based Learning: //members.tripod.com/~ozpk/0inquiry

Virtual LRC (learning resource center): http://www.virtuallrc.com/

Knowledge Network Explorer Search Page: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html

3^rd Grade Mystery Matchers //gallery.classroom.com/34/116/amalven/amalven.html

Weighing the Pros and Cons of a Decision http://www.mindtools.com/pmi.html

PDCA Cycle http://www.hci.com.au/hcisite2/toolkit/pdcacycl.htm

Knowledge Network Explorer Search Page http://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html

Fingerprinting Unit http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/fingerprintingunit/

Socratic Questioning http://www-ed.fnal.gov/trc/tutorial/taxonomy.html

Teaching Critical Thinking: a few suggestions http://www.criticalthinking.net/teaching.html

Definition of Critical Thinking and More http://www.criticalthinking.net/

Mrs. Skinner’s Hunts http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/scavhunt.html

Cindy O'Hora’s Internet Hunts http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html

Trumball County Educational Service Center: http://www.trumbull.k12.oh.us/teachers/resources/InternetHunt/Default.htm

More:

http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/blooms.htm

http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/bloom.html

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm

http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1414.html

http://brebru.com/education/critical.html

http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listbloomsst.html

Bloom's Taxonomy

Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation.


	Home \| Staff Development \| Technology \| Site Map

Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to mleivas.
Last modified:08/25/2006