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Science Curriculum Standards Proficient Level Secondary “Thinking Skills “ Workshop7: 3/5/2011

Science Curriculum Standards Proficient Level Secondary “Thinking Skills “ Workshop7: 3/5/2011. AGENDA. Starter Activity. Use symbols of elements in periodic table to make sentences. Activity1:. In groups using brain storming map. Answer the following question.

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Science Curriculum Standards Proficient Level Secondary “Thinking Skills “ Workshop7: 3/5/2011

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  1. Science Curriculum StandardsProficient Level Secondary • “Thinking Skills “ • Workshop7: 3/5/2011

  2. AGENDA

  3. Starter Activity Use symbols of elements in periodic table to make sentences.

  4. Activity1: • In groups using brain storming map. Answer the following question. What strategies can we use in the classroom to develop and improve students’ thinking skills?

  5. Thinking Diagram: Generating Possibilities From Swartz and Parks (1994)

  6. Thinking skills Watch the video, rethink about thinking strategies in the classrooms.

  7. Thinking skills

  8. Thinking skills • Information processing • Reasoning • Enquiry • Creative thinking • Evaluation

  9. Types of thinking • Met cognitive • Analytical • Logical • Lateral

  10. Metacognition Metacognition is defined as “thinking about thinking”. Slogan: Metacognition Thinking about thinking

  11. What Kinds of Thinking? Critical thinking Searching for meaning Making predictions & formulating hypotheses. Drawing conclusions, giving reasons. Distinguishing fact from opinion. Determining bias, reliability of evidence. Relating causes & effects, designing a fair test. Sequencing, ordering, ranking Sorting, grouping, classifying Analysing, identifying parts & wholes. Noting similarities & differences. Finding patterns & relationships. Comparing & contrasting. Metacognition Planning Monitoring Redirecting Evaluating Decision making Creative thinking Identifying why a decision is necessary. Generating options. Predicting the likely consequences. Weighing up the pros and cons. Deciding on a course of action. Reviewing the consequences. Generating ideas & possibilities. Building & combining ideas. Formulating own points of view. Taking multiple perspectives & seeing other points of view. Problem solving Identifying & clarifying situations Generating alternative solutions Selecting & implementing a solution strategy. Evaluating & checking how well a solution solves problem.

  12. Analytical Is thinking about the parts to understand the whole. Slogan: Analytical Look at the parts; remember the whole

  13. Logical thinking Is step by step thinking. Logical thinking is a learned mental process, which is often used in maths. It’s thinking that everything is done for a reason. Slogan: Logical Step by step.

  14. Lateral Is thinking outside the box. Lateral thinking is a term, to help students think about a problem in creative ways. Slogan: Lateral Thinking outside the box

  15. Tools for effective thinking • Background knowledge • Critical concepts and vocabulary • Criteria for judgement • Strategies • Habits of mind • Thinking skills include information processing, enquiry, reasoning, creativity, evaluating

  16. Developing thinking skills • Classifying, selecting and sorting objects, ideas and concepts • Development of organising and memorising skills • Mind maps, aide memoirs, signs, symbols and information grouping • Expose students to extended work and so allow thinking skill development

  17. Infusion throughout the curriculum? To infuse “to introduce into one thing a second thing which gives it extra life, vigour and a new significance” Content Thinking Skill Designing a Lesson

  18. Designing an Infusion Lesson • Lesson Introduction • Purpose – topic and skill (a thinking issue) • Thinking Actively • Challenging task • Being explicit the thinking (thinking diagram) • Managing dialogue and questioning • Pair/group work • Meta-thinking • Making Connections –transfer

  19. Thinking diagrams activity • Work in groups according to the subjects( Two groups from each subject) . • Choose four standards and using thinking diagrams, plan how to use them in your lesson. • Each group present their plan.

  20. Thinking Diagram Generating Possibilities From Swartz and Parks (1994)

  21. Thinking Diagram Choosing From Swartz and Parks (1994)

  22. Thinking Diagram Compare & Contrast From Swartz and Parks (1994)

  23. Thinking Diagram Reasons & Conclusions From Swartz and Parks (1994)

  24. Thinking Diagram Determining parts-whole relationship

  25. Examples of Lessons • Compare and Contrast • Properties of materials • Decision Making • A bullying story • Generating Possibilities • Measuring the assembly hall

  26. Examples of Lessons (contd) • Whole/Parts Relationships • Parts of a Plant • Ourselves (parts of the body) • Classification • Picture Classification • Problem Solving • Attaching a round tower • Reliability of evidence • Measuring wind speed with a wind stick

  27. Pedagogy for ThinkingClassrooms Infusion across the curriculum Designing infusion lessons Making thinking explicit Using thinking diagrams Developing a thinking vocabulary Modelling thinking Time to think Teacher prompting Questioning Feedback Thinking aloud Scaffolding Reflecting Sustained dialogue Making connections Evaluating Thinking dispositions Beliefs about learning and thinking

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