Thinking Maps

Human beings are designed to cooperate and collaborate with systems, their bodies are organisms that work in cooperation. In fact, every aspect of biology is interdependent of each other. Interdisciplinary curriculums with an integrated learning approach (I-I), constitutes an exterior representation of our interior-natural functionality and consequently, a natural way of learning. An overall implementation of an (I-I) methodology in the American educational system will ensure students into…

The Effects of Graphic Organizers and Increasing Reading Comprehension School districts and educators have been criticized for many years for not teaching students’ all of the skills needed to compete with higher achieving countries. In the past 20 years, there has been a lot of debate over reforming education in the United States. With all the emphasis focusing on ways to raise academic standards and performance levels in schools throughout the United States (Donalevy, 2007) higher…

terms relates to the myriad of definitions and foci associated with the term metacognition. Flavell’s (1976) original framework described metacognition as knowing about your own cognitive processes and the ability to monitor and regulate one’s own thinking and actions. This general definition was expanded as more research focused on the development of metacognition, its relationship to other cognitive factors, and its education implications. Within this framework, metacognition was dissected…

alone in convulsing over this problem. Personally, I hope that adaptive testing will be used in History, so that a student can choose an era, or event they are confident about and complete an assessment task using historical documents and critical thinking skills. Many teachers divide this debate into teaching content vs. teaching skills. It is controversial in many History departments where teachers think of themselves as content "experts." My argument is that we shouldn 't limit ourselves to…

and dates thrown at you to parrot back, but to come up with an understanding of what the people of that time were thinking and doing and why the document that is being analyzed even exists and what it did for this country, if not the world. In the books Historical Thinking and other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past, and the Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past, authors Sam Wineburg and John Lewis Gaddis, respectively, try to make sense of the field of history…

important it is to follow signs and how we need to think things through before doing them. This story is about the sign marker’s assistant, Norman and his adventure of making signs that he thinks are funny. Direct Instruction: (Include 10 critical thinking questions) {15 pts} 1. The author refers to Norman as the Sign maker’s assistant. What does it mean to be someone’s assistant?…

As I reexamine my work over the course of the semester, I have noted significant improvements in my writing and critical thinking skills. As a writer, I have learned to let go of the traditional five paragraph model in order to embrace more dynamic writing structures and explore topics more thoroughly. Throughout the seminar, I have gained a solid understanding of the expectations within college writing. In regards to my analytical skills, I learned how to read a passage or examine a film in…

INTRODUCTION Interactive learning is a learning system that combines together the effect of social networking and urban computing within the same curriculum. Interactive learning has become dominant from a round 2000 and this is due to the increase in the number of people involved in the digital technology and virtual communication. It is a system where the boundary between the educator and the learner means completely nothing and the educators can no longer be regarded as the keeper of…

Pedagogical and instructional decisions are made using district curriculum maps that align with Common Core Standards. Bloom’s Taxonomy is referenced when crafting learning objectives and when structuring today’s lesson, which moves from a whole group discussion to small group collaborative learning, a theory by Kenneth Bruffee. The initial discussion is designed to increase comprehension of a text. This can be seen when students respond to questions about the plot (4:36), take notes (4:44), and…

Effective Teams: Create and Lead Important Factors when Leading within Various Levels At the organizational level, there are several important factors a leader or executive must have to lead a variety of followers. Leaders need to possess the technical skill to have an understanding of the financials of the organization ("MGMT," 2016). There are conceptual skills that are needed which hold the ability to see the organization as a whole; with the understanding of the competitive environment of…