Higher Order Thinking Skills

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 Bibliography