[etni] Re: etni Digest V10 #300
- From: "Chezi Fine" <hezi5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:59:15 +0200
Mitzi,
Did you write the following sentence:
"The HOTS are not supposed to help him (i.e., the student) understand
problem solving."?
Really?!
Here is the last sentence of the second paragraph of the introduction to the
updated version of _The Teacher's Handbook to Integrating HOTS with the
teaching of Literature_:"Moreover, students applied the HOTS they learned to
other areas of learning as well as to aspects of their own lives."
Here is Prof. Anat Zohar in her article _Pedagogical Horizons for Learning_
: "...they (i.e., students) will need, higher-order thinking skills, the
ability to make judgments, and the skills for creative and critical
thinking, all of which will enable them to attain new knowledge throughout
their lives."
I must admit that I had completely misunderstood the goal of the HOTS
program. I hadn't realized that HOTS was in the service of literature as
your astounding sentence claims. All this while, I was under the impression
that literature was in the service of HOTS.
Am I embarrassed for totally misconceiving the goal of HOTS!
Chezi Fine
From: Mitzi Geffen <mitzi100@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: the purpose of "unseens" and a HOTS comment
The HOTS are not supposed to help him understand problem solving.
Thinking about the problem solving process is supposed to help analyze
the story. Even if the kid thinks about problem solving on his own,
without the teacher presenting the process of defining the problem,
thinking of alternatives, choosing one and then trying it out, the
student can still understand that examining the problem solving
process in the piece can help understand the piece on a deeper level,
if the question is worded well.
Mitzi
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