[etni] Re: etni Digest V10 #300
- From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "hezi5@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <hezi5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:44:10 +0200
The HOTS is not supposed to help him understand problem solving because the
HOTS IS problem solving. That was what Mitzi was saying. You quoted her
completely out of context, as well. She was referring to a reflection
question that was accidentally misworded. We ask the kids how the process
of learning a specific HOTS helps them understand the literature on a
deeper level because they are reflecting here on the process of learning a
text. We also ask them how a HOTS can be applied to their own lives, but a
question like "How does the HOTS [of problem solving] help you understand
problem solving?" makes no sense.
Bari
On Wednesday, November 28, 2012, Chezi Fine wrote:
>
> 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 <javascript:;>>
> 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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