Using Thinking Skills
About. The resource comprises one 4 page DfES document (drawn from a larger document - see related resources). It is a practical resource highlighting some thinking and reasoning skills activities which might be used in a classroom context.
Pedagogical content. This resource highlights higher order(ta) reasoning(ta) skills and activities to prompt their use in classroom contexts. (edit)
| Resource details | |
| Title | Using Thinking Skills |
| Topic | [[Topics/CPD|CPD]] |
| Teaching approach | [[Teaching Approaches/Higher order|Higher order]], [[Teaching Approaches/Reasoning|Reasoning]] |
| Learning Objectives | By the end of the document you should have considered some strategies for using thinking skills activities in your own practice. |
| Format / structure | .doc |
| Subject | [[Resources/Teacher Education|Teacher Education]] |
| Age of students / grade | [[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]], [[Resources/Higher|Higher]]
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| Related ORBIT Wiki Resources | See other DfE(i) resources |
| Files and resources to view and download | File:Thinking Skills.doc also available as WikiText here
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- This resource is part of the DfES resource "Pedagogy and practice: Teaching and learning in secondary schools" (ref: 0423-2004G) which can be downloaded from the National Archives http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110809101133/nsonline.org.uk/node/97131 The whole resource (512 pages) can be downloaded as a pdf File:Pedagogy and Practice DfES.pdf
- The resource booklets, and many 'harvested' documents are available to download, generally in editable formats from the ORBIT resources, see Category:DfE.
- The videos from the accompanying DVDs are available: Video/Pedpack1 and Video/Pedpack2
