Higher Order Thinking Overview

What to Expect in this Course This course may be different than others by: Incorporating instructional strategies that support higher order thinking Using active learning techniques Implementing dialogue and discussion Offering multiple opportunities to critically think Supporting the framework of the QEP

Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Consistent with UNTHSC’s mission, vision and 5-yr. strategic plan Goal: Improve and evaluate: Student’s Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills Faculty knowledge and skills in instruction and assessment that cultivate student’s HOT skills Key requirement for SACS accreditation

Principles of Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Faculty Development Student Learning

In their role as developing health professionals and researchers with regard to addressing medical and health problems or issues, students will be able to: Apply knowledge and skills toward critically assessing data Critically analyze data/information Effectively evaluate data/information

Faculty Development In their roles as instructors, faculty will design and use: curriculum and curricular materials employing instructional strategies that improve students’ higher order thinking skills assessment tools that measure students’ ability to move up Bloom’s taxonomy to apply, analyze, and evaluate

Higher Order Thinking Defined Higher Order Thinking (HOT) … Involves the learning of complex skills: Critical thinking Problem-solving Decision-making Is based on the concepts in the cognitive domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised)

Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised) Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy Create Evaluate Analyze Apply Understand Remember

UnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Remember previously learned information. Demonstrate an understanding of the facts. Apply knowledge to actual situations. Break down objects or ideas into simpler parts and find evidence to support generalizations. Make and defend judgments based on internal evidence or external criteria. Compile component ideas into a new whole or propose alternative solutions. Arrange Define Describe Duplicate Identify Label List Match Memorize Name Order Outline Recognize Relate Recall Repeat Reproduce Select State Classify Convert Defend Describe Discuss Distinguish Estimate Explain Express Extend Generalized Give example Identify Indicate Infer Locate Paraphrase Predict Recognize Rewrite Review Select Summarize Translate Apply Change Choose Compute Demonstrate Discover Dramatize Employ Illustrate Interpret Manipulate Modify Operate Practice Predict Prepare Produce Relate Schedule Show Sketch Solve Use Write Analyze Appraise Breakdown Calculate Categorize Compare Contrast Criticize Diagram Differentiate Discriminate Distinguish Examine Experiment Identify Illustrate Infer Model Outline Point out Question Relate Select Separate Subdivide Test Appraise Argue Assess Attach Choose Compare Conclude Contrast Defend Describe Discriminate Estimate Evaluate Explain Judge Justify Interpret Relate Predict Rate Select Summarize Support Value Arrange Assemble Categorical Collect Combine Comply Compose Construct Create Design Develop Devise Explain Formulate Generate Plan Prepare Rearrange Reconstruct Relate Reorganize Revise Rewrite Set up Summarize Synthesize Tell Write

Instructional Strategies that Support Higher Order Thinking ApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Case-based scenarios Problem-based learning Simulations Lecture Demonstration Use of Questions Scaffolding Concept mapping Case-based scenarios Cooperative learning groups Discussion Meta-cognition Problem-based learning Reflection Lecture Journal writing Scaffolding Case-based scenarios Cooperative learning groups Meta-cognition Problem-based learning Reflection Lecture Debates Journal writing Scaffolding Case-based scenarios Problem-based learning Reflection Lecture Scaffolding

Instructional Technologies that Support Higher Order Thinking ApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Blackboard LMS iclicker Knowledgebase PowerPoint Simulations Sympodium Digital Ink Telex Listening System Videos AMX Blackboard LMS iclicker Projector Podcasts PowerPoint Simulations Sympodium Digital Ink Videos Blackboard LMS Blog Camera iclicker Knowledgebase Podcasts PowerPoint Simulations Videos AMX Blackboard LMS Blog iclicker Knowledgebase Simulations Wiki Videos

Assessment Techniques that Support Higher Order Thinking ApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Demonstration Exam Knowledge Survey Rubric Portfolio Presentation Project Review Demonstration Exam Feedback Journal Rubric Portfolio Presentation Project Review Demonstration Exam Feedback Journal Knowledge Survey Rubric Portfolio Presentation Project Review Demonstration Exam Feedback Portfolio Presentation Project Review

Questions about HOT? AZ Bashet, MS Instructional Technology Specialist Tom Bunten Sr. Academic Information Coordinator Martha Cardoza Academic Information Coordinator Kun Huang, MS Instructional Designer Cathy Mobley Administrative Specialist Christine Savi, PhD Assessment Specialist Vanneise Collins, PhD QEP & CLD Director Location: LIB-448 Phone: