As Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) become more acknowledged as necessary for students to learn, teachers must also learn how to incorporate these skills into the curriculum. The following articles and sites offer excellent information, ideas and support for the integration of HOTS into existing curriculum and student skill sets.
- 5 Rules of Thumb for Designing HOTS Classroom Activities
http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/5-rules-of-thumb-designing-classroom-activities
A SlideShare show from Darren Kuropatwa - 5 Tech Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/09/24/5-mediarich-lesson-ideas-to-encourage-higherorder-thinking.aspx
An article from The Journal - Apps to Support Revised Blooms Taxonomy
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=713727
An interactive resource site from Livebinders and Ginger Lewman - Children’s Complex Learning Skills Begin Forming Before They go to School http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2013/01/23/children-s-complex-thinking-skills-begin-forming-they-go-school
An article from the University of Chicago - Children Thinking Skills Blog
http://childrenthinkingskills.blogspot.com/p/high-order-of-thinking-skills.html
An article from Children’s Thinking Skills - Critical and Creative Thinking from Blooms Taxonomy
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm
An article from Teacher Tap - Examples that Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://teaching.uncc.edu/articles-books/best-practice-articles/instructional-methods/promoting-higher-thinking
An article from The Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC C - A Guide to Using Free Apps to Support Higher Order Thinkinghttp://learninginhand.com/blog/guide-to-using-free-apps-to-support-higher-order-thinking-sk.html
A resource site from Learning in Hand - Higher Order Thinking
http://www.pinterest.com/gladridge/higher-order-thinking
A resource site from Pinterest - Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://www.mcsk12.net/schools/peabody.es/hots/hots1.htm
A HOTS Resource site
- Higher Order Thinking Skill Activities
http://engagingstudents.blackgold.ca/index.php/division-iv/hotsd4/hotsd3s
A resource site from Black Gold Regional Schools - Higher Order Thinking Skills Daily Practice Activities http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/4945356-higher-order-thinking-skills-hots-daily-practice-activities
An article from GoodReads and Debra Collett - Higher Order Thinking Questions
An article from Edutopia - How to Choose Mobile Apps for Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://blog.iste.org/choose-mobile-apps-developing-higher-order-thinking-skills/
An article from ISTE - How to Encourage Higher Order Thinking
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/tips-howtos/encourage-higher-order-thinking-30624.html
An article from ReadWriteThink - How To Increase Higher Order Thinking
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/34655
An article from Reading Rockets - How to Increase Higher Order Thinking
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/34655
An article from Reading Rockets - A Model for the National Assessment of Higher Order Thinking http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/a-model-for-the-national-assessment-of-higher-order-thinking/591
An article from the Critical Thinking Community - The New Blooms Taxonomy – Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills with Creativity Toolshttp://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/v02/articles/The_New_Blooms
An article from Tech4Learning - Questioning to Promote Higher Order Thinking
http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/isquestiontopromote.html
A resource site from Prince George’s County Public School - Reading Comprehension and Higher Order Thinking
http://www.k12reader.com/reading-comprehension-and-higher-order-thinking-skills/
An article from k12reader - Teaching Kids to Use Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgVTwON5Rg
A video from Youtube
- Thinking Skills
http://www.thinkingclassroom.co.uk/ThinkingClassroom/ThinkingSkills.aspx
A resource site from Mike Fleetham’s Thinking Classroom - Thinking Skills Resources
A resource site from Lessonplanet - Using Technology to Promote Higher Order Thinking http://leroycsd.org/HighSchool/HSLinksPages/ProblemSolving.htm
A resource site from LeRoy Central School District in NY
Laura Turner teaches Computer Technology in the College of Education at Black Hills State University, South Dakota.
