Asking the Right Questions: Developing Thinking Skills through Wisconsin's Grade Level Foundations

Autor/in	Ratway, Beth
Titel	Asking the Right Questions: Developing Thinking Skills through Wisconsin's Grade Level Foundations
Quelle	In: Social Education, 72 (2008) 7, S.392-395 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Thinking Skills; Social Studies; Questioning Techniques; Fundamental Concepts; Critical Thinking; Global Education; Student Improvement; Improvement Programs; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Gemeinschaftskunde; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Grundlagenplan; Konzept; Kritisches Denken; Globales Lernen; Effizienzsteigerung
Abstract	In an attempt to deal with the problem of generating the thinking skills needed for the 21st century, this article discusses how a statewide of 30 teachers developed Grade Level Foundations. The core component of the Grade Level Foundations for Social Studies consists of a set of questions that are designed to stimulate higher level thinking about each social studies discipline. These questions include both "fundamental questions" and "focusing questions." For students to attain mastery of their subjects, and to develop the mindset and perspective that allow them to achieve a better overview of their subjects, they need to focus on higher level questions. These enable them better to understand the continuities and changes of history, the working of economic cycles, the constants and variables of our political system, and the structure, patterns and disruptive forces of international relations. (Contains 2 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10