The modules primary have to do with
high order thinking skills. It is important to recognize the different levels
to further the development on critical thinking. Metacognition is the ability
to think about your own thinking and being in control of both emotions and
morals. Metacognition can be put in three different categories, personal
knowledge, task knowledge, and strategy knowledge. It further discusses how we
use each of these at different ages in every day life. Critical thinking is the
ability to retain and analyze information to draw connections. Higher order
thinking builds on lower order thinking and has the ability to understand and
create something to further the analyzes. I would suggest to use higher order
and lower order achieving students together in a heterogeneous group to further
the understanding of both parties. Would it be hurtful in lower order thinking
students not be mixed in students that excel?
Lower order thinking requires
students to duplicate information that they have learned. Metacognition or
critical thinking skills are not prevalent in lower order thinking. Though
higher order thinking requires students not only remember and retain the
information but also to create something out of the skills they have developed.
Students that are using higher order thinking must analyze, apply, or evaluate
along with lower order retaining and replicating.
This
reading connects with Piaget’s theory of development. He says that biological
maturation regulates development. Though now what I know about lower and higher
thinking levels, it is evident that biology is prevalent with aging and the
development of higher levels of thinking.
In my classroom,
I would give different tasks for students to do in clusters that build up lower
to higher order thought. I would provide a journal for my students and have
them practice writing not only their thoughts, but I would provide questions to
think about regards to learning.
I do not think it would hurt students with lower order thinking capabilities to be on their own as long as they were able to ask the teacher what they mean by a certain question or ask a parent for help. In this way they can still build their thinking and maybe start doing it on their own.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that this would be harmful for lower order students becuase they are still being exposed to different ideas and getting different opinions from other students and they would be able to understand these ideas more because these other students have a similar intelligence level. I think that if they were mixed with higher order students they may be embarrassed if they didn't have anything to contribute or if they didn't understand something that everyone else did. I think it is important for students to be in groups where the levels are all similar.
ReplyDeleteI like your suggestion about journaling, but depending on students' ages, they might be much more comfortable expressing themselves through speech rather than through writing. Talk/think aloud strategies might be more effective for them.
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