Facilitating Complex Thinking
Forms of thinking Associated with Classroom Learning
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Problem solving
Problem Solving in the classroom
The effects of restraints: well- structured vs. ill- structured problems
Scene #1: A problem to be solved
Scene #2: Coxing students to re-frame the problem
Scene #3: Abandoned a fixed response
Scene #4: Alternative Strategies
common obstacles to solving problems
Strategies to assist problem solving
Broad Instructional Strategies that stimulate complex thinking
Teacher-Directed Instruction
Lectures and readings
Advanced Organizers
Recalling and Relating Prior Knowledge
Elaborating Information
Organizing New Information
Mastery Learning
Direct Instruction
Madeline Hunter's Effective Teaching Model
What are the limits of teacher-directed instruction?
Student- centered models of learning
Inquiry Learning
Cooperative learning
Examples or cooperative and collaborative learning
Instructional Strategies: an abundance of choices