Instructional Strategies

1. Instructional Strategies Reaching the CCSS through Higher Order Thinking

2. Thinking Differently • http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover • http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

3. Inquiry Based Learning • http://www.teachinquiry.com/index/Introduction.html • Inquiry starts with teachers as engaged learners and researchers with the foundational belief that the topics they teach are rich, living and generous places for wonder and exploration.  • Teaching practices that utilize a disposition of inquiry learning include: • ✦problem-based learning: learning that starts with an ill-structured problem or case-study • ✦project-based learning: students create a project or presentation as a demonstration of their understanding • ✦design-based learning: learning through the working design of a solution to a complex problem 

4. Inquiry Based Learning • As as entry point, inquiry involves learners: ✦tackling real-world questions, issues and controversies  ✦developing questioning, research and communication skills  ✦solving problems or creating solutions ✦collaborating within and beyond the classroom  ✦developing deep understanding of content knowledge  ✦participating in the public creation and improvement of ideas and knowledge

5. Questioning • http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/critical-thinking-where-to-begin/796

7. Graphic Organizers • http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm