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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
July 2007 | 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.
Introduction
1. Relevance
About Relevance
The Life Question
Understanding Information--Skills of Comparing and Contrasting
Generating Insight--Skills of Evaluating and Judging
Discerning Implications--Skills of Applying
2. Richness
About Richness
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skills of Classifying, Sorting, and Ranking
General Insight--Skills of Visualizing and Imagining
Discerning Implications--Skills of Creating, Innovating, and Inventing
3. Relatedness
About Relatedness
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skill of Connecting
Generating Insight--Skill of Forcing Relationships
Discerning Implications--Skill of Generalizing
4. Rigor
About Rigor
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skill of Explaining Why
Generating Insight--Skill of Inferring
Discerning Implications--Skills of Sequencing and Predicting
5. Recursiveness
About Recursiveness
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skill of Analyzing
General Insight--Skill of Making Analogies
Discerning Implications--Skill of Transferring
Conclusion
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
Bibliography