Higher Order Thinking Skills Challenging All Students to Achieve [Paperback]

In this Nutshell resource, the author presents an instructional?framework for the five Rs: relevance, richness, relatedness, rigor, and recursiveness. The book shows K12 teachers how instruction based on the five Rs, across content areas, can develop critical thinking skills (classifying, comparing/contrasting, and analyzing) and creative thinking skills (inferring, predicting, and visualizing).Introduction
1. Relevance
About Relevance
The Life Question
Understanding Information--Skills of Comparing and Contrasting
Generating Insight--Skills of Evaluating and Judging
Discerning Implications--Skills of Applying
2. Richness
About Richness
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skills of Classifying, Sorting, and Ranking
General Insight--Skills of Visualizing and Imagining
Discerning Implications--Skills of Creating, Innovating, and Inventing
3. Relatedness
About Relatedness
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skill of Connecting
Generating Insight--Skill of Forcing Relationships
Discerning Implications--Skill of Generalizing
4. Rigor
About Rigor
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skill of Explaining Why
Generating Insight--Skill of Inferring
Discerning Implications--Skills of Sequencing and Predicting
5. Recursiveness
About Recursiveness
The Life Questions
Understanding Information--Skill of Analyzing
General Insight--Skill of Making Analogies
Discerning Implications--Skill of Transferring
Conclusion
Appendix A: Brainstorming and Planning Lessons
Appendix B: Blacklines of Graphic Organizers
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