2.4 HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS

Candidates model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools and resources to support and enhance higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyze, evaluate, and create); processes (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making); and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognition, self-regulation, and reflection). 

The Franklin Roosevelt Lesson Plan was created by me for a lesson I taught this school year. This lesson implemented higher order thinking skills, and was aligned with Gwinnett County's content standards.

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This artifact demonstrates mastery of standard 2.4: candidates model and facilitate the effective use of digital tools and resources to support and enhance higher order thinking skills (e.g., analyze, evaluate, and create); processes (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making); and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, creative thinking, metacognition, self-regulation, and reflection). This lesson required students to use the digital tool Fakebook to present the information they gathered during researching Franklin Roosevelt. The students were given specific things to research, but they had to analyze the information they found, evaluate its relevance, and then create their final project. Through this process they had to make decisions regarding the relevance of information. They also had to solve any problems that arose during the research or creative portion of the task. They needed to think critically to solve those problems on their own, and they needed to think creatively in order to put all the information together on the Fakebook page. They had to decide what information should go where, and how best to organize and present it. 

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This lesson taught me that students enjoy creating things on their own. Some of the students did face problems during this lesson, but they persevered and they were very proud of themselves when they were able to solve those problems, and see the final result of their hard work. One way I would make this artifact better is I would include one of the Fakebook pages created by the students. 

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This lesson had a positive impact on student learning. These students were so engaged during this lesson, it was beautiful to see. They loved the technology component, and they loved creating something instead of just writing a report or completing a worksheet. This impact can be measured by simply talking to any of the students in my class about this lesson. Their enthusiasm will very clearly shine through.