Teachers like to point out in discussions pertaining to higher-order thinking that their students often struggle with lower-order thinking. Their point is well taken. There has been a trend away from making students memorize material. For example, the advent of the calculator has perpetrated a trend away from memorizing multiplication tables in many schools. The big question becomes the following: How can we expect a student to memorize complicated problem-solving processes if they can’t even memorize simple lists of names or facts?
In the endeavor to push the attainment of higher-order thinking skills in students, educators often forget that the lower-order skills provide the foundation. It is important that students be re-engaged with tasks that require memorization, such as memorizing multiplication tables or state capitals, especially in early learning to set the stage for learning the higher-order skills later. Some of the skills discussed in this chapter are note taking, Cornell Notes, Interactive Notebooks, The Note Collage, Studying for tests, and many others. This sample chapter also includes the Table of Contents, Preface and Index.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2012Stock # PB313X_3