[etni] Fw: re: As for HOTS, why insist on students learning this new gobbledy-gook?

From: "Ask_Etni" <ask@xxxxxxxx>
To: "ETNI" <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:59:15 +0300

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From: teachertacher@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: As for HOTS, why insist on students learning this new 
gobbledy-gook?

Dear Friends,

I agree with Patricia that HOTS is definitely not something that has been 
newly invented.  Without the ability to think and reason, we would be no 
better than the lower animals.  Many students score poorly on achievement 
tests in the areas of problem solving, communication, making inferences, 
etc. due to their inability to think critically.  Use HOTS to your 
advantage.  Be creative and the results will amaze you!  I teach 
kindergarten and it is second nature for me to incorporate HOTS in 
everything we do.

Have fun and embrace HOTS.

Cheryle

Patricia wrote:
>As I teach my students - there is never ever just one truth.    Each of us
sees his or her own truth depending on the facts and and/or the false facts
s/he has collected.    However, we should try to sort them out and it is a
fact that HOTS is no new gobbledy-gook.   If you Google the term - Higher
Order Thinking Skills - together with education you will find hundreds of
sites explaining how to use HOTS in the classroom, many of which will tell
you that HOTS is based on the publication of Blooms Taxonomy from 1956.
You may believe it is gobbledy-gook (I love that expression!) but it has
definitely been around for many years.

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