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Learning to Think,Thinking to Learn
Senior Skills Seminar,12th - 13th, 20th - 21st November
2003
Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn
Session One (12th, 20th November, 2003) :
Motivation
Metacognition
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“The woods would be very quiet if no birds
sang there, except for those who could sing
the best”.Henry David Thoreau
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MOTIVATION
METACOGNITION
THINKING SKILLS STRATEGIES
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MOTIVATION
How can I motivate you?
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Motivation:1. The act of giving somebody a reason or incentive to do
something2. A feeling of interest or enthusiasm that makes somebody
want to do something, or something that causes such a feeling
3. A reason for doing something or behaving in some way4. The biological, emotional, cognitive or social forces that
activate and direct behaviour.
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True motivation is intrinsic;
that is, it is personal and must come from within ourselves
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Exercise:
Five Whysa) Choose an activity you like to do
b) Choose an activity you have to do (not school)
c) Doing well at the HSC
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Don’t expect others to motivate you!
Find the reasons for motivation yourself!
Intrinsic Motivation
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METACOGNITIONExercise
Jigsawa) Spend two minutes thinking of something you have learnt in your
life and how you learned itb) Share it with your group partners. You have thirty seconds only.
When all have spoken come to a consensus about how you have learnt.
c) Persons one and three change groups. Discuss with new partners what was agreed in your previous groups
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METACOGNITIONExercise
Affinitya) Having heard what all members of the large group have to say,
place as many learning styles as you can think of on a post-it note and place on board.
b) Group ideas into similar categories.c) What conclusions can we draw from this exercise?
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Dendrites & Synapses
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Don’t ask “How smart am I?”
Ask “What am I smart at?”
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kjlgfBlooms Taxonomy
Recognise, list, describe, retrieve, name,locate…
Interpret, exemplify, summarise, infer,paraphrase, translate, illustrate, predict….
Implement, carryout, use…
Compare, attribute, organize, deconstruct,distinguish, outline, integrate…
Check, critique, judge, hypothesise,detect, monitor, …
Design, construct, plan, produce,hypothesise…
Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analysing
Evaluating
Creating
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Eight Ways of Knowing
Eight Ways of Knowing Visual/Spatial
Awareness
Musical/Rythmical Intelligence
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Naturalist Intelligence
Interpersonal Inteligence
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
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METACOGNITIONExercise
Preferred Learning Stylesa) Examine Gardner’s MI Profile Inventory.b) For each category, place a ‘1’ in only one box (top right corner) that
represents the activity you would do if you had to do it.c) For each category, place a ‘1’ in any box that has an activity you
would do if you had a choice. d) Total your scores at the bottom of the sheet.e) Plot your scores on the attached MI Profile
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Evaluation:Use “Parking Lot” to evaluate session so far.What was good?What needs improving?What questions have been raised?What ideas are there for improvement?
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Next Seminar:
Useful Tools and When To Use Them
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Senior Skills Seminar,12th - 13th, 20th - 21st November
2003
Learning to Think,Thinking to Learn
Senior Skills Seminar,12th - 13th, 20th - 21st November
2003
Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn
Session Two (13th, 21st November, 2003) :
Thinking Skills Strategies
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16 Habits of Mind“Not only are we interested in how many answers students know, but also in knowing how to behave when they DON’T know…we are interested in observing how students
produce knowledge rather than how they merely reproduce knowledge.”
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Per sis tenceis the twin sister o f excell enceOn e is a matt er o f qual ity; th e
oth er, a matt er o f time
per sisti ng
Think bef ore you Ac t
ManagingImpuls ivit y
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List ening is th e beginning o fUnders t anding
List en tooth er s wit hunderst andingand empathy
If you never c hange your mind,why have one?
Thinkingfle xibl y
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When t he mind is t hinking it is t al king t oitself
Thinkingabou t ourt hinking
A per son who has c ommitt ed a mist akeand doesn’t corre c t it is making
anot her mistake.
Str ivingf oracc ur acy
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The formu l ation of a pro bl em is oft enmore essent ial t han its so lu tion .
Quest ioningand pos ingpr obl ems
This reminds me of …..?????
Applyi ng pastknowl edge tonew sit uat ion s
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Tra nsl at e Thoughts into Language
Thinking andCommunica t ingwit h C la r ity
Obser ve Per petuall y
Gathe r ing Datath r ough all thesenses
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The Fu tu re is no t some pla c e we ar e go ing t o buton e we ar e c re at ing
Cre at ing,imagining ,innov at ing
The most won der f ul exper ience in the wor l d ist he exper ience of th e myst er ious.
WOW !!!!!
Responding w ithwonde r mentand awe
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The on l y way to suc ceed is to r isk f ailur e
Ta kingr espon sibler isks
Where do bees wait ? A buzz st op!!!
F indinghumour
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Ta ke care o f each o ther ; share yo ur ener gies; noon e must fe el alon e. That ’s when you don ’t make
it
Thinkinginter dependent ly
Ins anit y is con tinuing t o do th e same th ing o verand over and expec t ing diff er ent r esul t s.
Lear ningCon t inuously
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Event Situation Choice Person Reason Means
PresentWHAT
IS?WHERE/
WHEN IS?WHICH
IS?WHO IS?
WHYIS?
HOW IS?
PastWHATDID?
WHERE/WHEN DID?
WHICHDID?
WHODID?
WHYDID?
HOWDID?
PossibilityWHATCAN?
WHERE/WHENCAN?
WHICHCAN?
WHOCAN?
WHYCAN?
HOWCAN?
ProbabilityWHAT
WOULD?WHERE/WHEN
WOULD?WHICH
WOULD?WHO
WOULD?WHY
WOULD?HOW
WOULD?
PredictionWHATWILL?
WHERE/WHENWILL?
WHICHWILL?
WHOWILL?
WHYWILL?
HOWWILL?
ImaginationWHAT
MIGHT?WHERE/WHEN
MIGHT?WHICHMIGHT?
WHOMIGHT?
WHYMIGHT?
HOWMIGHT?
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Present Organisation:
Future Organisation:
Positive Forces that Create Growth:
Negative Forces that Prevent Growth:
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Bone Diagram
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If…Then…
Question:
If we…Then…
If we…
If we…
Then…
Then…
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1 2 3
1 2 3
4 4 5 5
6 7 8
6 7 8
Lotus Diagram
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PlusMinus
Interesting
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Senior Skills Seminar,12th - 13th, 20th - 21st November
2003