More Top Ten SOS!

More top ten from Discovery Education- this time the focus is on higher order thinking skills.  Did any of your favorite SOS make the list?

Top Ten SOS for Promoting Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Welcome to the SOS Top Ten series. In this edition, we highlight ways

to use Spotlight on Strategies (CDN Version) to promote higher-order

thinking skills.

The Partnership for 21st Century Learning identifies four areas of skills,

knowledge, and expertise that students should master to succeed in

21st-century work and life: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking,

and Creativity.

Critical Thinking specifically focuses on effective reasoning, systems thinking, making judgments and decisions, and solving problems, all of which are higher-order functions. Many of the strategies in the Spotlight on Strategies (CDN Version) collection provide a framework to help students practice and perfect their higher-order thinking skills.