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If your students can the answer you may be asking the WRONG questions. Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com bit.ly/ gagc2014
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RECALL ≠ UNDERSTANDING
1) In what year was the first U.S. postage stamp issued? ? 2) Who was on it? ? 3) How much did it cost?
NEW LITERACIES newliteracies.uconn.edu IDENTIFY Important Questions LOCATE Information CRITICALLY EVALUATE SYNTHESIZE Information COMMUNICATE Answers
Fiction from Truth using Evidence
“Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside of him.” -- Ernest Hemingway
WHO WROTE THIS INFORMATION? ? WHEN WAS THE ARTICLE WRITTEN? ? CAN THE INFORMATION BE VERIFIED FOR ACCURACY?
BLUFF THE INTERNET SEARCHER
WHO IS WHAT WHEN DID CAN WHERE WHY WILL MIGHT SHOULD COULD WOULD HOW
The whole process of education should thus be conceived as the process of learning to think through the solution of real problems. ? -- John Dewey, 1938
Real World Problems Academic Rigor Technology Integration www.ecugifted.com
We need students to get more DEEPLY INTERESTED in things, more INVOLVED in them, more ENGAGED in wanting to know, to have projects that they can get EXCITED about and work on o v e r l o n g p e r i o d s o f t i m e , to be STIMULATED TO FIND THINGS OUT ON THEIR OWN. - Gardner
ANSWERS ARE EASY. It’s asking the right questions which is hard. - THE DOCTOR
What do you think?
Why do you think that?
How do you know this?
Can you tell me more?