Questioning
Teaching of Thinking
Problem Solving
Thinking Skills and Evaluation
Teaching a Process
100
What are two types of questioning levels? Provide an example of each
1. Low level questioning -- facts and comprehension 2. High level questioning -- analysis, synthesis and evaluation
100
The approach to the teaching process has how many steps?
It has EIGHT steps
100
What is problem solving and give an example?
Problem solving is the application of knowledge and skills to obtain a solution or achieve a goal.
100
True or False Thinking skills should not be evaluated.
False
100
True or False: It is increasingly apparent that teaching for THINKING must be a top educational priority.
TRUE
200
What should teachers do to ensure active listening during questioning?
Teachers can provide prompts, extended wait time, be supportive, and acknowledge all responses by students through reinforcement and feedback.
200
Of the three approaches to the teaching of thinking process, (stand alone, embedding and immersion) which one is most commonly accepted?
Embedding
200
What is the Critical Thinking Community website?
www.criticalthinking.org
200
True or False: In teaching young children it is most important to assure that the students finish the activity rather than making sense of what they are doing?
False
200
What two types of learning are similar to subject-centered and child-centered education?
Content and Process
300
What is an appropriate wait time when questioning and looking for responses?
3 seconds
300
The notion of reflective self-criticism is what type of thinking?
Dialectical Thinking
300
Name two of the four possible student approaches to problem solving?
1. Ignore the problem and hope it goes away 2. Ignore the problem and don’t care if it goes away 3. Attempt to solve it best they can without knowing how to do it 4. Approach the problem soundly and systematically having been taught how to do it
300
When considering steps in planning to teach a thinking skill: What is the first step in teaching thinking skills?
1. Determine skill label and definition
300
Fill-in-the-blank: Proper assessment for process teaching requires the students to apply the process to see if a _______________ has occurred.
transfer
400
True or False: Questioning can be effective when modifying a lesson.
True
400
What organ did Mark Wickens have removed earlier this year?
Gallbladder
400
Name 4 of the 8 strategies Rothstein suggests that help students to improve their problem solving abilities
What are: 1. Provide a climate that allows risk taking 2. Show students how to define the problem 3. Teach students how to do problem analysis 4. Have students learn to generate hypotheses 5. Show students how to evaluate each hypothesis 6. Teach students to recognize factors that affect problem solving 7. Show students how to use analogies 8. Have students practice solving problems and provide feedback
400
When thinking about steps in planning to teach a thinking skill: What is the very last step in teaching thinking skills?
8. Determine how transfer to students' present or future out-of-school lives will be initiated.
400
When teaching processes, a danger can be overemphasizing replication and application, and underemphasizing these two uses? What are they?
Associative and Interpretive Uses
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