Learning & Development - Ch.9: Facilitating Complex Thinking

An activity that orients students to new content:

• Review

• Advance organizer

• Lecture

• Summary

Chapter 9: Facilitating Complex Thinking 2. Brief overviews before content presentation:

• Reviews

• Advance organizers

• Breakouts

• Checks for understanding

Visual maps showing concept connections:

• Note outlines

• Charts

• Concept maps

• Rubrics

A step-by-step method for solving problems:

• Brainstorm

• Inquiry

• Algorithm

• Estimation

General strategies that offer partial solutions:

• Algorithms

• Maps

• Heuristics

• Deduction

Thinking about one's own thinking:

• Critical thinking

• Metacognition

• Motivation

• Deductive reasoning

Analyzing parts of a problem:

• Brainstorming

• Inquiry

• Decomposition

• Simulation

Chapter 9: Facilitating Complex Thinking 8. Asking all students to respond non-verbally supports:

• Competition

• Discussion

• Participation

All students learning to the same high level:

• Inclusive instruction

• Mastery learning

• Scaffolded instruction

• Formative assessment

Thoughtful questioning to prompt inquiry:

• Debate prompts

• Inquiry teaching

• Focus groups

• Summative probes