STOP: What are higher order thinking skills (HOTS)?
Higher Order thinking is also known as critical thinking. It is when children have learnt to be creative, innovative, and evaluative (Byrnes, 2001, Read Write Think, 2018). In order to do this children are learning to:
• Analysing (distinguish fact from fiction by gathering information and taking it apart)
• Synthesizing (putting information together) and creative generation
• Evaluating (judging the outcome)
• Solving problems (hypothesing and trying ideas outs, and experimenting)
• Commenting clearly (expressing their ideas, thoughts, and findings)
For example: Children learn how to question why something occurred, how it occurred, and/or how it can occur differently.
THINK: Why is it important to develop HOTS skills in young children? …show more content…
Galinsky, of Mind in the Making (Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 2017) states that critical thinking skills are one of the seven essential skills every child needs to be successful in life. Children no longer need to just develop the three r’s (reading, wring, and arithmetic), or to be able to memorise facts and information by rote. They need to be able to “make sense of information, analyse, compare, differentiate, make inferences (conclusions), and generate high order thinking (Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 2017, Prasad, 2018). This is because our world is rapidly changing and our future learners and workforce need to be
Higher Order thinking is also known as critical thinking. It is when children have learnt to be creative, innovative, and evaluative (Byrnes, 2001, Read Write Think, 2018). In order to do this children are learning to:
• Analysing (distinguish fact from fiction by gathering information and taking it apart)
• Synthesizing (putting information together) and creative generation
• Evaluating (judging the outcome)
• Solving problems (hypothesing and trying ideas outs, and experimenting)
• Commenting clearly (expressing their ideas, thoughts, and findings)
For example: Children learn how to question why something occurred, how it occurred, and/or how it can occur differently.
THINK: Why is it important to develop HOTS skills in young children? …show more content…
Galinsky, of Mind in the Making (Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 2017) states that critical thinking skills are one of the seven essential skills every child needs to be successful in life. Children no longer need to just develop the three r’s (reading, wring, and arithmetic), or to be able to memorise facts and information by rote. They need to be able to “make sense of information, analyse, compare, differentiate, make inferences (conclusions), and generate high order thinking (Bright Horizons Family Solutions, 2017, Prasad, 2018). This is because our world is rapidly changing and our future learners and workforce need to be