Higher Order Thinking Skills

Bloom’s Taxonomy & TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills)

Klein ISD Mission Statement

Engaging learning

experiences & resources

Safe & Nurturing

environment

Students will demonstrate:

Academic achievement

Productive citizenship

Career development

Healthy lifestyle

Lifelong learning

Tools to accomplish Mission

TEKS TATEKS

Higher Level Thinking

Technology

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Knowledge

Comprehension Applic

atio

n

AnalysisSyn

thesis

Evaluation

What’s Hot; What’s Not

•Worksheets•“Chalk &

Talk”•Goals of recall &

application•All individual

work

- Analysis- Synthesis- Evaluation-Problem- based learning

Not

Hot

Television shows

Events

People

RadioRecordings

Newspapers

Magazine articles

Test readings

Films

A play

Filmstrip

Speech Photograph

DiagramGraph

Own statement

Tape recording

DramaSkit

Story

Cartoon

ModelComparison of

like or unlike items

Conclusion or implication based on data

Summary AnalogyCasual relationships

Outline

IllustrationA painting

A solution

Photograph

A list

A map

Forecast

A paper which follows an

outline

Sculpture

A meeting

A question

A projectA drama

Shifting smoothly from one gear into

another

Diagram

Conclusion

Self-evaluation

Recommendation

Group discussion

Court trial

Evaluation

Survey

A standard compared

A standard established

Valuing

Article

Invention

Report

SongGame

Book

Experiment

Machine

PlaySet of rules, principles, or

standardsSpeculate on or plan alternative courses of

actionFormulation of a hypothesis

Questionnaire

Report Survey

A conclusion checked

Diagram Graph

Parts of a propaganda statement identified

An argument broken down

A syllogism broken down

A word defined

find

definelabel

describememorize

recognizerecord

locatelist

nametellrecite

relate

select identify

choose defend

appraise

deduce

recommend

weigh

criticize

support

relate

rate

comparecritique

select

concludedecide

evaluate

consider

summarize

judge

combinearrange

plan

invent

revise

collect

create

compose

design

construct

predict

role-play

hypothesize

develop

formulate

organize

produce

originate

compare contrastanalyze classify

survey distinguish

categorize subdivide

differentiate attributesprobe infer separate

investigate select

take apart inquire

experiment

point out

list

use

applysolve

change

choosesketch

modifyshow dramatize

classify discover

prepare construct

produce makedemonstratepaint

build

illustrate

changeconvert

transform rewritegive examples

expressillustrate

restatematch

paraphrase

inferexplaindefend

distinguishgeneralize

summarize

interpret

compare

relateextend

predict

Compre-hension

ApplicationAnalysis

Synthesis

EvaluationKnowledge

Kno

wle

dge

Translation Interpretation

Application

Ana

lysi

s

Synthesis

Evaluation

R. Taylor (no date).Bloom's taxonomy - circle chart.Current, Best Instructional Strategies for Your Gifted and Highly Capable Students.Bureau of Education Research, Bellevue, WA.

Your turn…In campus teams, write an objective at this level:

Knowledge

Comprehension

ApplicationAnalysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

Your turn…What technology would use at each level?

Knowledge

Comprehension

ApplicationAnalysis

Synthesis

Evaluation

Think about this…

Knowledge

Comprehension

ApplicationAnalysis

Synthesis

EvaluationWhere are the majority of your objectives & lessons?

???

?

Level I

Level II

Level IIITech

nolo

gy P

roje

ct-B

ase

d

Pyra

mid “Just basic use”

Important replacement

Critical tool forproblem-solving &higher-level thinking

Literacy

Adapting

Transforming

Rebuild current lesson plans with HOTS & a different perspective for how technology is used in the lessons.And transform those basiclessons from building blocks…

To…

http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=classproductivity

Level III of the TechnologyProject-based pyramid

Let’s review this site:

TEKS TAKS KNOW

TEKS

TAKS

KNOW

WorksheetsHands off

Sage on StageChalk/Talk

Work alone Drill & Kill

TEKS TAKS KNOW

TEKS

TAKS

KNOW

WorksheetsHands off

Sage on StageChalk/Talk

Work alone Drill & Kill

Putting it all together…

HOTS

TECH Engaged

TEKS

Engaging learning

experiences & resources

Safe & Nurturing

environment

Students will demonstrate:

Academic achievement

Productive citizenship

Career development

Healthy lifestyle

Lifelong learning

Higher-level lessons built on all 6 levels ofBloom’s taxonomy & better use of technology