(QTC #8)
1)What is the difference between lower order thinking and higher order thinking? Do you have to have one to teach the other.
2) Evaluate our teacher or another teacher that you have and rate them on their level of teaching, Do they teach you lower order thinking for higher order thinking. Give an example.
1. Lower order thinking is a cognitive process that involves learning or remembering specific information or skills in more or less that same form in which they were initially presented.
ReplyDeleteHigher order thinking is a cognitive process that involves going well beyond something specifically learned.
I would say you do have to have one to teach the other.
2. I'm thinking of my professor that I have who teaches a course titled "Methods of Teaching for Agriculture." On a scale or 1 to 10, I would rate him at an 8.5 (10 being the highest). He uses both lower order and higher order thinking during the class. When something may first be introduced to us, he may simply ask "so what does that mean?" This just requires a simple definition or explanation of a concept / word. We are required to perform lessons in the class called "Microteachings." During these lessons, we then have to take what we discussed from the last class and teach our lesson in that fashion. For example, one week we discussed cooperative learning and the use of videos in your classroom. The next week we were required to use cooperative learning and videos during our Mircroteaching. This very easily falls into higher order thinking (creating, evaluating, and analyzing). I love this class where we learn about something (on a lower order thinking level) and then having to actually do it (using higher order thinking levels).