Lesson planning that incorporates critical thinking skills
Needs to include both unit and lesson level -- unit is necessary for the skills to take root.
Considerations
- Context -- situation in your classroom, how the students are
- Essential Questions -- evidence, factors, impact, meaning
- Content -- facts, concepts, themes you want to teach
- Skills -- thinking about/processing the content
- Habits of mind -- work ethic -- persisting, listening, accuracy
- Assessment -- scoring rubric for the task
- Individual assessment -- speech, journal, essay, test
- Group assessment -- essay, play, video, etc.
- Assessment indicators -- can change mind based on evidence, can accept multiple solutions, stays on task, asks relevant questions
- Product indicators -- the project includes knowledge, follows the plan, is done on time, attends to detail
- Presentation indicators -- uses appropriate language, enhances presentation with visuals, presents ideas logically
Designer should be clear about the emphasis in the unit, reflective about the work. Can be helpful to work backward from a worthwhile assessment activity.
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