Transcript Using Cooperative Learning to Encourage Higher Order Thinking

Using Cooperative Learning to
Encourage Higher Order Thinking
Dunklin R-V School District
New Teacher Orientation
August 15, 2007
Packet p.2-3
What is Higher Order Thinking?
Refers to the higher tiers of Bloom’s Taxonomy
& Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Levels (2) 3-4:
Packet p.6
What is Cooperative Learning?
• Key Concepts
– Teams (2-4; heterogeneous, homogeneous,
random)
– Will (Teambuilding & Classbuilding)
– Management (signals, roles, modeling)
– Skills (social, listening, conflict resolution,
tutoring)
– PIES
– Co-op Strategies/Structures (Kagan, Slavin,
Johnson & Johnson)
Packet p.7
Using Questions
• Pairs: Rally Coach
• Teams: Fan-N-Pick, Cubing,
Numbered Heads Together
Packet p.8-9
These directions
are on p. 7
of your packet!
Rally Coach
•Each partner pair gets a set of
question cards or questions.
•Student A reads the question
out loud to student B.
•Student B answers. (You may
want students to record their answers.)
•Student A aids, encourages, & checks B’s
answer.
•Partners take turns asking and answering
each question.
•Variation: use white boards to work out
Packet p.10-11
These directions
are on p.7
of your packet!
Fan-N-Pick
•Student one fans cards.
•Student two picks a card &
reads it aloud to the team.
•Student three gives an answer
after 5+ seconds of think time.
•After another 5+ seconds of think time,
student four paraphrases, praises, or adds to
the answer given.
•Students rotate roles.
Packet p.12-13
These directions
are on p.7
of your packet!
Cubing
• Players take turns rolling the question cube.
• The player who rolls the cube thinks for 5+ seconds,
then answers the “thinking question” (TQ) that is face
up.
• Other players add to the discussion. While the TQ is
discussed, the person who rolled the dice acts as the
facilitator & summarizes the conversation before the
next player rolls the cube.
– Variation: use Fan-n-Pick rules
– Variation: Students create a mind map as they discuss
to “show” you their thinking (topic in center, each
question as a branch…can answer the same question
These directions
are on p.7
of your packet!
Numbered Heads
Together
•Students number off in each
team (each team is
numbered.)
•Teacher poses a question.
•Students discuss the
question.
•Teacher calls a student
number & a team number
(overhead spinner, digital
Question 1
Which of Abraham Lincoln’s
character traits is the most
admirable? Why?
Question 2
You have been granted one day to go
back in history to become
Abraham Lincoln. What would you
do differently (besides NOT going
to Ford’s theater)?
Question 3
How might the world be
different today if Abraham
Lincoln had never lived?
Directions on p.7.
Good way to ensure
Individual Accountability
after a Co-op structure.
Packet p.14-15
Journal Writing
•Students pick one question card & make a
journal entry or use the question as the prompt
for an essay or creative writing assignment.
•Students share their writing with a partner
or in turn with teammates.
(When students get acquainted with good higher
order thinking questions, they can begin to make
their own questions using “Question-Starters.”)
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Organizing Students into Teams
•Heterogeneous groups of 3+
(spin the wagon wheel) or
homogenous groups of 3+
(use the color-coded groups)
1. ____________________________
The Arch
2. ____________________________
Busch Stadium
3. ____________________________
Soulard Market
4. ____________________________
Forest Park
5. ____________________________
Laclede’s Landing
6. ____________________________
Botanical Gardens
7. ____________________________
Fox Theater
8. ____________________________
Powell Symphony Hall
•Mixed pairs
(St. Louis
Partners)
Ticket to Leave
• Look at your graphic organizer on
p.1
• Identify one cooperative learning
structure you will try in your
classroom—put a star next to it
• On a slip of paper, tell me
1. The content area topic you
will you use it to
teach/reinforce, and
Thanks!
Good luck!
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Packet p.6
PIES
P
Positive Interdependence
I
Individual Accountability
E
Equal Participation
S
Simultaneous Interaction