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At PHS, teachers are
encouraged to design lessons that move
their students to higher-order
thinking. To help one another reflect on
their teaching practices, teachers use a
peer observation form designed by
Charlotte Wing, an educational
consultant from Phoenix, AZ.
Based on Robert
Marzano's theory of cognitive learning, one of the sections on
the observation tool provides the
following descriptions:
Knowledge Utilization
Apply or use
knowledge in a new or specific
(authentic) situation:
Problem-solving, decision-making,
planning, experimental inquiry,
producing, investigating, designing,
resolving, composing, creating
Analysis
Examine
knowledge in fine detail and, as a
result, generate new conclusions:
Classifying,
comparing/contrasting, distinguishing
fact/opinion, predicting, making
analogies, specifying applications or
logical consequences, constructing &
defending new conclusions.
Comprehension
Identify the key
elements of information--get the
essential meaning:
Summarizing, condensing meaning,
getting the main idea, expressing in a
graph or other non-linguistic
representation
Knowledge Retrieval
Recall or
execution of knowledge as previously
learned:
Defining, remembering, listing,
answering questions such as who, what,
where, when, how, describing, showing,
practicing a skill (i.e. math problems,
physical activities, etc.)
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