Higher+Order+Thinking

=Higher Order Thinking=

It is important that higher order thinking allows refelction on the learning experience experience and incorporates prior knowledge with current knowledge.

A concept of Education based on learning taxonmies, such as Blooms Taxonomy. It involves learning of complex judgmental skills such as critical thinkng and problem solving. It is more difficult to learn or teach, but more valuable because skills are more likely to be useful.

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Divides learning objectives into 3 domains (cognitive, affective, physchomotor).

Cognitive- knowledge, comphrensiion and critical thinking of a particular topic.

Six levels in taxonomy exist: Knowlege- memory of learned materials. Comprehension- demonstrate understanding of acts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions and stating main ideas. Also, recognizing. Application- using new knowledge. Being able to do it on their own. Analysis- make inferences. examine and break down information. Sees different parts of what they learned and compare and contrast. Synthesis- compile information together in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern. Compose, construct and complie things based on their new knowledge. Evaluation- present and defend options. Judge, consider and determine the value of knowledge one has.

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Affective- describe the way people react emotionally and their ability to feel another being's pain or joy. Affective objectives target the awareness and growth in attitudes, emotion and feelings.

Five levels exist: Receiving- the lowest level, where student passively pays attention. Responding- the student actively participates in the learning process. Valuing- The student attaches a value to an object or peice of information. Organizating- The student can put together different ideas and info within his or her schema. Characterizing- Students holds a belieft that now exerts influence in his or her behavior.

Psychomotor (knowing/head, feeling/heart/ doing/hands)- skills in this domain determine the ability to physically maninulate a tool or instrument (i.,e., hammer). Focus on change or development of a behavior or skill.

Levels are Perception- ability to sense cues to guide motor activity. Set- readiness to act. Guided reponse- trial and error. the early stages or learning a skill. Mechanism- intermediate state in leanring a complex skill. Complex- skillfull performance of motor acts that involve complex movement patterns.

Within the domains, leanring happens based on prior knowledge and skills at lower levels. Bloom encourages teachers to focus on all three domains for a more holistic approach.

Websites

Spps for bloom: https://sites.google.com/site/bloomsapps/