2.4 Higher Order Thinking Skills
Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools and resources to support and enhance higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyze, evaluate, and create); processes (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making); and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognition, self-regulation, and reflection).
Artifact: Multimedia Design Project-WebQuest
Project Template
Reflection:
The artifact I submitted to show mastery of standard 2.4, is a WebQuest I created for my math students. I created the WebQuest to help my students with mean, median, mode, and mean absolute deviation. I tried to incorporate many different representations of each to give them a variety of ways to learn the material. The students completed problems related to real-life numbers, including Presidents’ ages and games won by the Atlanta Falcons. They used digital tools to learn about the topic and then work problems on their own. The students accessed all of the materials on a website and utilized Google Docs to download and submit their final product. They then utilized online tools to analyze how they performed on the tasks. They accessed online interactive websites that helped them determine the mean, median, and mode of buildings. They also watched a video of how to determine the mean absolute deviation of a set of numbers. The students would then use online calculators to check their math on sample problems. They would then reflect on what they did correctly or incorrectly and use problem solving to fix any mistakes.
Within the project template, there is a picture of myself modeling and facilitating the use of the tools. We have a mobile iPad cart that can be used to implement this lesson with the class. I had also thought that this would be implemented as a class with my struggling students. I would lead the discussions of the WebQuest and would be modeling and asking questions that support higher order thinking skills, process, and mental habits of mind.
The artifact I submitted to show mastery of standard 2.4, is a WebQuest I created for my math students. I created the WebQuest to help my students with mean, median, mode, and mean absolute deviation. I tried to incorporate many different representations of each to give them a variety of ways to learn the material. The students completed problems related to real-life numbers, including Presidents’ ages and games won by the Atlanta Falcons. They used digital tools to learn about the topic and then work problems on their own. The students accessed all of the materials on a website and utilized Google Docs to download and submit their final product. They then utilized online tools to analyze how they performed on the tasks. They accessed online interactive websites that helped them determine the mean, median, and mode of buildings. They also watched a video of how to determine the mean absolute deviation of a set of numbers. The students would then use online calculators to check their math on sample problems. They would then reflect on what they did correctly or incorrectly and use problem solving to fix any mistakes.
Within the project template, there is a picture of myself modeling and facilitating the use of the tools. We have a mobile iPad cart that can be used to implement this lesson with the class. I had also thought that this would be implemented as a class with my struggling students. I would lead the discussions of the WebQuest and would be modeling and asking questions that support higher order thinking skills, process, and mental habits of mind.