WIS HOTS & Transformative Learning

Higher Order Thinking Skills helps students become better at

• Analyzing, Evaluating & Creating

• Remembering, Understanding & Applying

• Acquiring, Making Meaning & Transferring

• Assessing, Planning & Taking Action

An example of a Level 1 answer to a student's question, according to Robert Sternberg, is

• Nice question! Who here knows the answer?

• Don't waste our time with such question!

• Because lions are carboniferous...

• The answer is on Page 231.

An example of a Level 3 answer to a student's question, according to Robert Sternberg, is

• The market is driven by demand and supply. I want you guys to come back tomorrow to share an example of what we learned.

• You two, please go to the library to bring us an encyclopedia.

• I don't know, but that's a good question.

• You have 15 minutes to all think of a possible answer.

An example of a Level 7 answer to a student's question, according to Robert Sternberg, is

• Interesting possibilities... Are these data correct?

• It could either be a Maliki or a Hanafi opinion...

• Go to the Principal's Office!

• Good brainstorming, students. Now, each group should research online then ask a family member of friend for his/her opinion. Next week, I'll check on your work.

Pedagogy is

• the study of teaching methods

• the art of learning

• the strategy of theories

• knowledge before action

An example of a Disorienting Dilemma is

• when students are given a quiz they are not used to

• when there is lack of Teacher Orientation

• when students are asked to repeat after the teacher

• when students are given group work

An important phase in Transformative Learning is that, after you assess the Disorienting Dilemma and Explore possible options, we should

• go back to the usual procedure

• reintegration

• plan a course of action

• implement what was learned

A clear advantage of Transformative Learning is

• it can make students memorize the poem

• the learner can face new challenges creatively

• it does not need the teacher's role

• it minimizes the use of paper

Higher Order Thinking Skills makes Lower Order Thinking Skills completely useless!

• True!

• False, because HOTS are useless!

• False, because students also need to remember, understand & apply basic knowledge.

• False, because acquiring, make meaning and transferring knowledge are more than enough.

If a student asks me a question, I should

• minimize Levels 1 & 2 answering and try some Level 7 answers...

• always answer at Level 7

• answer Grade 1 student with Level 1 answer; Grade 2 with Level 2; and so on and so forth...

• throw the question back at the student