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Finding Opportunities for Higher Level Thinking in
the Curriculum
Bernie Dodge, PhD
San Diego State University
Webquest.org/workshops/finding
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So, how do we uncover the opportunities for higher level thinking in our content?
First….
Ask yourself, when do adults need to apply this content?
Second…
Look for (or create) disequilibrium
CreateOpen ended thinking with many possible end points. Encourages
surprisingness, originality while still working within the confines of a
genre.
Create what????
Event Transposition Narrative
Creating an Event
http://www.lubbockisd.org/Webquests/MeetImmigrants/index.htm
A meeting of minds in which students act as if they were someone else
Creating an Event
http://questgarden.com/01/66/9/070813071510/
A meeting of minds in which students act as if they were someone else
Creating an Event
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/hoover/amistad/
A re-enactment of a trial in which all sides of an issue are argued
Creating a Narrative
To go behind the book and describe the setting of a work of literature
http://questgarden.com/57/28/8/071113161036/
Creating a Narrative
To go beyond a book and extend it to new chapters or in-between scenes
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/shakespeare/
Creating a Narrative
To write a diary or journal from a particular point of view
http://teachers.eusd.k12.ca.us/mguerena/castewebquest/index.htm
Creating a Narrative
To describe a journey and the places along the way as if you were there
http://questgarden.com/63/99/1/080415075239/
Creating a Transposition
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/madams/webquest.htm
Transpose something from one form to another
PracticeWorking in your team of four, come
up with WebQuest ideas for the topic given that will engage higher
level thinking
6 Thinking Hats
Blue Hat
is looking for higher-level thinking and fidelity to the WebQuest model.
will make sure that scaffolding and challenge are included.
Green Hat
stands for creativity. will look for unusual, surprising
ideas to build a WebQuest around.
may suggest ideas that seem a little wacky.
Red Hat
looks at problems using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion.
tries to think how other people will react emotionally to a WebQuest
wants to find a WebQuest idea that is fun for the students and the teacher
Black Hat
looks at the learning outcomes
tries to assure that the WebQuest will actually achieve measurable objectives
will remind the group about the need to master basic skills and concepts and gain higher traditional test scores.
Can you have your students create…
a trial or a party or a meeting that will engage them in learning the content
A transformation of an event to a poem, a story to a song, a painting to a play
A transposition of the setting or actors of a story
A story told from a different point of view
What did you come up with?
Design
Solving a problem or creating a change to achieve a pre-
determined end result while working within realistic constraints
Design what????
Physical object or space Distillation Event Process
Designing an object or space
http://questgarden.com/58/39/5/071125090624/
Work within given constraints to meet the desired goal
Designing an object or space
http://questgarden.com/58/68/0/071129072810/
Work within given constraints to meet the desired goal
Designing a distillation
http://questgarden.com/63/14/1/080403063542/
Choose representative items to represent a large body of content
Designing a distillation
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Choose representative items to represent a large body of content
Designing a distillation
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Choose representative items to represent a large body of content
Designing a distillation
http://www.questgarden.com/59/82/3/080115195501/
Choose representative items to represent a large body of content
PracticeWorking in your team of four, come
up with WebQuest ideas for the topic given that will engage higher
level thinking
Can you have your students design…
A physical space or object A field guide An exhibit or museum A commemorative
What did you come up with?
Decide
Make an informed choice from among several alternatives while
taking competing ideas into account
Decide what????
Course of action Personal stance Ranking or rating
Deciding a Course of Action
http://questgarden.com/53/74/2/070721171535/
Recommend a change of policy or procedure
Deciding a Course of Action
http://www.questgarden.com/59/53/2/080103163228/
Recommend a change of policy or procedure
Deciding a Course of Action
http://questgarden.com/54/88/3/070910191921/index.htm
Recommend a change of policy or procedure
Deciding a Personal Stance
http://questgarden.com/56/21/0/071015183645/
Examine an issue and decide how you feel about it personally
Deciding a Ranking
http://www.questgarden.com/62/59/7/080318044044/
Look at a number of items and rank order them or pick one out based on defined criteria
Deciding a Ranking
http://www.questgarden.com/63/75/3/080411135809/
Look at a number of items and rank order them or pick one out based on defined criteria
PracticeWorking in your team of four, come
up with WebQuest ideas for the topic given that will engage higher
level thinking
Can you have your students decide…
On a recommendation to make to some group that has the power to change things?
On where they stand on a particular issue
On a ranking or rating to help choose a candidate? A purchase?
What did you come up with?
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Finding Opportunities for Higher Level Thinking in
the Curriculum
Bernie Dodge, PhD
San Diego State University
webquest.org/workshops/finding