Lots about looms Taxonomy
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Category:Creativity Techniques
Category:Creativity Techniques – Mycoted
A wiki which has lots of links and information about thinking skills and creativity. There are many tools to use here – well worth a look
Techlearning > > Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally > April 1, 2008
Techlearning > > Bloom’s Taxonomy Blooms Digitally > April 1, 2008
Information about Blooms taxonomy
Problem Solving Techniques – from MindTools.com
Problem Solving Techniques – from MindTools.com
A number of different problem solving tools, including graphic organisers
Blogged with the Flock Browser
Blooms taxonomy diagram
Blogged with the Flock Browser
NUT Publication – Teacher research into using thinking Skills in the Classroom
http://www.teachers.org.uk/resources/pdf/thinking-skills-2913.pdf
Intel Education Initiative
The Intel Education Initiative website has thinking skills teaching tools available, including:
- A visual ranking tool
- A seeing reason tool
- A showing evidence tool
There are also various teaching resources, although none are specifically for Religious Studies
Worth a look
Accelerated learning
For anyone interested in Accelerated Learning, here is the archive of newsletters from Alistar Smith’s Alite site
http://www.alite.co.uk/newsletters/index.htm
On the same page you will also be able to subscribe to the newsletter
Some interesting articles to read about thinking, motivating students etc
The following readings have all come from Alistar Smith’s Accelerated Learning site which is well worth a browse. There were other readings on the site – these are just the ones that looked most interesting to me
All you need to know about motivation by Alistar Smith
Some ideas for motivating students by Robert Harris
Forget the marking – start talking
From thinking skills to thinking classrooms by Carol McGuiness
Thinking for learning by Alistar Smith
Are you the real McCoy yet? by David Spendlove
“Pick a brain” - Gardner’s multiple intelligences
The truth about boys and girls by Jerry Gabriel
Inside the Black Box – raising standards throuh classroom assessement by Dylan William and Paul Black
Theories of learning by Ian Harris
An Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills
An Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills: An exploration of aspects of learning and thinking and how ICT can be used to support these processes written by Don Passey of Lancaster University. Includes infomation about Bloom’s Taxonomy, Learning Styles, National Curriculum, De Bono and using ICT. This is a pdf document.
Graphic Organizers that Support Specific Thinking Skills
http://www.teacherxpress.com/f.php?gid=16&id=51
Leading in Learning – developing thinking skills in secondary schools
Key Stage 4 handbook for teachers http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/downloads/ws_lil_sup_ks4_hbk.pdf
Key Stage 4 school training manual http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/downloads/ws_lil_sup.pdf
Leading in Learning: developing thinking skills at Key Stage 3 http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/downloads/ws_lil_ts_exemp006105re.pdf
Thinking skills video on Teachers TV
http://www.teachers.tv/video/3473
Thinking skills doc – with lots of examples from Cheshire Council
http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupId=54507&ResourceId=290437
Reports from the Farmington foundation
Teaching & learning styles http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT174.pdf
Effective RS through the teaching of ethics http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT176.pdf
Unlcoking potential – motivating students at KS4 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT188.pdf
Thinking skills at KS3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT192.pdf
Gifted and talented at KS3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT200.pdf
Educating children about charity at ks3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT201.pdf
Religion and the media http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT203.pdf
Developing independent learning through RE http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT204.pdf
Exploring the links between RE and Work Related Learning http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT205.pdf
To develop interactive resources for use within the classroom that will enhance the delivery of the ‘Assessment for Learning’ Strategy
http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT210.pdf
Teaching and Learning in RE using Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT211.pdf
