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The thinking curriculum

Chapter 7 EDU 380-600. The thinking curriculum. Previously we discussed how to make the best use of questioning strategies and wrote our third lesson plan. This week Chapter 7 expands questioning to include formal and informal teacher talk, demonstrations, inquiry, and games.

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The thinking curriculum

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  1. Chapter 7 EDU 380-600 The thinking curriculum

  2. Previously we discussed how to make the best use of questioning strategiesand wrote our third lesson plan. This week Chapter 7 expands questioning to include formal and informal teacher talk, demonstrations, inquiry, and games. The thinking curriculum

  3. Begin the talk with an advance organizer Beginning and end in logical order Pacing is essential Encourage student participation Closure Teacher Talk: general guidelines

  4. Most effective way to teach this Visible to all students Practice before you teach it Watch your pacing of the demonstration Possible use of lighting Proper safety precautions demonstration

  5. Drawing on knowledge and applying to new situations Finding humor Creating, imagining, innovating Managing impulsivity Persisting Questioning and posing problems Continuous learning Accuracy Taking responsible risks Clarity and precision Metacognition Thinking independently Using all senses Characteristics of intelligent behavior

  6. Problem Solving • Inquiry Learning • Level I-the problem and process for resolving it are identified and defined for, not by, the student • Level II-students decide and design processes • Level III-students recognize and identify the problem and decide the processes to reach a conclusion • Inquiry Cycle Processes • Data-generating processes • Data-organizing processes • Idea-building processes • Idea-using processes Inquiry teaching

  7. Brainstorming, chunking or clustering, comparing and contrasting, inferring, memory strategies, outlining, paraphrasing, reciprocal teaching, review, study strategies, visual tools • Can you try some of these strategies to study for our chapter assessments? • Venn diagramming • Visual learning log Integrating strategies for integrated learning

  8. Every teacher is evaluated by his/her district (usually the principal or assistant principal). Although each district has its own policy (and forms), please look at the second part of Exercise 7.2 on page 258. It has an evaluation form that would get you started in thinking about what might be measured. I’m not even going to start thinking about student outcome assessments and standardized testing (in later chapters)… Teacher evaluation

  9. Read Chapter 7 • Personal Learning Strategy: Review the chapter just before coming to class; it will refresh your memory and jumpstart your interest • As a teacher you will be evaluated by your district, usually your principal. Look at Exercise 7.2 on page 258 for a possible evaluation form. • Participate in Threaded Discussion F (Mar. 15-19) • Your classroom visitation journal is due March 27th in D2L. • Don’t forget your SMART board project; if you wait until the end, you’ll be competing for time in those rooms-due Apr. 20. • Last class before PRAXIS assessment: Tuesday, April 20th(Cisel): 12:10-1:40 (everyone for the full time) Weekly Checklist MARCH 14-20

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