Finding Opportunities for Higher Level Thinking in the Curriculum

Slide 1: Finding Opportunities for Higher Level Thinking in the Curriculum Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego State University Webquest.org/workshops/finding

Slide 3: Summarize Create Design Predict Decide Analyze

Slide 4: So, how do we uncover the opportunities for higher level thinking in our content?

Slide 5: First…. Ask yourself, when do adults need to apply this content?

Slide 6: Second… Look for (or create) disequilibrium

Slide 8: Create Open ended thinking with many possible end points. Encourages surprisingness, originality while still working within the confines of a genre.

Slide 9: Create what????  Event  Transposition  Narrative

Slide 10: Creating an Event A meeting of minds in which students act as if they were someone else http://www.lubbockisd.org/Webquests/MeetImmigrants/index.htm

Slide 11: Creating an Event A meeting of minds in which students act as if they were someone else http://questgarden.com/01/66/9/070813071510/

Slide 12: Creating an Event A re- enactment of a trial in which all sides of an issue are argued http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amistad/

Slide 13: Creating a Narrative To go behind the book and describe the setting of a work of literature http://questgarden.com/57/28/8/071113161036/

Slide 14: Creating a Narrative To go beyond a book and extend it to new chapters or in- between scenes http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/shakespeare/

Slide 15: Creating a Narrative To write a diary or journal from a particular point of view http://teachers.eusd.k12.ca.us/mguerena/castewebquest/index.htm

Slide 16: Creating a Narrative To describe a journey and the places along the way as if you were there http://questgarden.com/63/99/1/080415075239/

Slide 17: Creating a Transposition Transpose something from one form to another http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/madams/webquest.htm

Slide 18: Practice Working in your team of four, come up with WebQuest ideas for the topic given that will engage higher level thinking

Slide 19: 6 Thinking Hats

Slide 20: Blue Hat  is looking for higher-level thinking and fidelity to the WebQuest model.  will make sure that scaffolding and challenge are included.

Slide 21: Green Hat  stands for creativity.  will look for unusual, surprising ideas to build a WebQuest around.  may suggest ideas that seem a little wacky.

Slide 22: Red Hat  looks at problems using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion.  tries to think how other people will react emotionally to a WebQuest  wants to find a WebQuest idea that is fun for the students and the teacher

Slide 23: Black Hat  looks at the learning outcomes  tries to assure that the WebQuest will actually achieve measurable objectives  will remind the group about the need to master basic skills and concepts and gain higher traditional test scores.

Slide 24: Can you have your students create…  a trial or a party or a meeting that will engage them in learning the content  A transformation of an event to a poem, a story to a song, a painting to a play  A transposition of the setting or actors of a story  A story told from a different point of view

Slide 25: What did you come up with?

Slide 26: Design Solving a problem or creating a change to achieve a pre- determined end result while working within realistic constraints

Slide 27: Design what????  Physical object or space  Distillation  Event  Process

Slide 28: Designing an object or space Work within given constraints to meet the desired goal http://questgarden.com/58/39/5/071125090624/

Slide 29: Designing an object or space Work within given constraints to meet the desired goal http://questgarden.com/58/68/0/071129072810/

Slide 30: Designing a distillation Choose representative items to represent a large body of content http://questgarden.com/63/14/1/080403063542/

Slide 31: Designing a distillation Choose representative items to represent a large body of content http://questgarden.com/09/99/6/080210153854/

Slide 32: Designing a distillation Choose representative items to represent a large body of content http://questgarden.com/00/33/5/070902213117

Slide 33: Designing a distillation Choose representative items to represent a large body of content http://www.questgarden.com/59/82/3/080115195501/

Slide 34: Practice Working in your team of four, come up with WebQuest ideas for the topic given that will engage higher level thinking

Slide 35: Can you have your students design…  A physical space or object  A field guide  An exhibit or museum  A commemorative

Slide 36: What did you come up with?

Slide 37: Decide Make an informed choice from among several alternatives while taking competing ideas into account

Slide 38: Decide what????  Course of action  Personal stance  Ranking or rating

Slide 39: Deciding a Course of Action Recommend a change of policy or procedure http://questgarden.com/53/74/2/070721171535/

Slide 40: Deciding a Course of Action Recommend a change of policy or procedure http://www.questgarden.com/59/53/2/080103163228/

Slide 41: Deciding a Course of Action Recommend a change of policy or procedure http://questgarden.com/54/88/3/070910191921/index.htm

Slide 42: Deciding a Personal Stance Examine an issue and decide how you feel about it personally http://questgarden.com/56/21/0/071015183645/

Slide 43: Deciding a Ranking Look at a number of items and rank order them or pick one out based on defined criteria http://www.questgarden.com/62/59/7/080318044044/

Slide 44: Deciding a Ranking Look at a number of items and rank order them or pick one out based on defined criteria http://www.questgarden.com/63/75/3/080411135809/

Slide 45: Practice Working in your team of four, come up with WebQuest ideas for the topic given that will engage higher level thinking

Slide 46: Can you have your students decide…  On a recommendation to make to some group that has the power to change things?  On where they stand on a particular issue  On a ranking or rating to help choose a candidate? A purchase?

Slide 47: What did you come up with?

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Slide 49: Finding Opportunities for Higher Level Thinking in the Curriculum Bernie Dodge, PhD San Diego State University webquest.org/workshops/finding