http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/thinking?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "thinking" on Netvouz http://www.amazon.com/English-Language-Learners-Teaching-Strategies/dp/1586835246 This learner-empowering text by Larry Ferlazzo offers educators a five-step methodology for teaching that builds on students' assets rather than viewing ELLs through the typical lens of "deficits". The five principles around which the process revolves are: building relationships, accessing prior knowledge through student stories, developing student leadership, learning by doing, and reflection. The book emphasizes "high-order" thinking skills. In addition to providing detailed lessons, the book shares a framework teachers can use to create their own lessons, and it shows how to take advantage of technology and games as teaching tools. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:25:10 GMT http://www.heinemann.com/products/E01203.aspx Deep understanding, critical thinking, subject knowledge, and control of academic literacy are goals we have for all our students. Pauline Gibbons presents an action-oriented approach that gives English learners high-level support to match our high expectations. Focusing on the middle grades of school, she shows how to plan rigorous, literacy-oriented, content-based instruction and illustrates what a high-challenge, high-support curriculum looks like in practice.Strongly recommended by Jim Cummins Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:51:02 GMT http://www.d214.org/staff_services/si__reading_writing_thinking_roads.aspx This website is through Township High School District 214. This site includes reading and/or thinking skills, and links for printable graphic organizers and assignment templates. The organizers and writing templates scaffold the writing tasks with sample language. Rec. by: Sam Markey Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:46:12 GMT http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/cia/index.php?page=teaching_strategies This page is dedicated to making it easier to implement a variety of teaching methods and techniques. Scroll down to find scores of teaching strategies that help students take more responsibility for their own learning and enhance the process of teaching for learning. Graphic Organizers jgordon Tue, 02 May 2006 15:08:46 GMT http://www.uen.org/core/ Utah Education Network This site provides support for curriculum development, interactives across the grade levels and very beneficial links for Math, World Resources, Interactive Projects and Learning Community. Rec. by Suzanne Havilecek Does not include"understandings", but very helpful resources. Curriculum Development jgordon Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:04:53 GMT http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/tools.htm#powerpoint Great forms/graphic organizers for student reading and writing thinking strategies. Multiple Resources and Materials * Assessment * Lesson Plans * Parents* Writing * Other * Photographs * Staff Development * PowerPoint Pesentations * Worksheet / Reporting Forms, etc. Teacher Resources > Teacher Tools jgordon Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:09:57 GMT http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm Critical and Creative Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy What are critical thinking and creative thinking? What's Bloom's taxonomy and how is it helpful in project planning? How are the domains of learning reflected in technology-rich projects? Higher-order thinking jgordon Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:52 GMT http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/think/critical.htm This site explains in depth what critical thinking is and explains why teachers need to teach these skills. Rec. by Colorin Colorado newsletter Higher-order thinking jgordon Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:03:47 GMT http://ozpk.tripod.com/0000000EQ Inquiring into Essential Questions gives teaching and learning purposeful, meaningful and "big picture" focus for learning details and ideas. It engages higher mental and emotional capacities at a time when "high stakes" testing trivializes students' thinking and learning. Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:02:13 GMT http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/cattain/ Concept Attainment is an indirect instructional strategy that uses a structured inquiry process. It is based on the work of Jerome Bruner. In concept attainment, students figure out the attributes of a group or category that has already been formed by the teacher. See other strategies in the HOME link Higher-order thinking jgordon Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:30:35 GMT