Thinking with Technology
Module 7 - Using the Seeing Reason Tool to Target Thinking Skills
Module 7 - Using the Seeing Reason Tool to Target Thinking Skills
Activity 7.4
Clarifying Project Ideas for Using Seeing Reason
Step 1: Reviewing the Needs of Your Project
Before determining a possible use for Seeing Reason Tool in your project, review your targeted higher-order thinking skills, assessment standards, and learning outcomes. Compare them with the thinking skills that would be supported by Seeing Reason.
Open your Project Plan.
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Review your "Thinking Skills / Habits of Learning Taxonomy."
- Review the assessment standards identified in your Project Plan and note those assessment standards that could benefit from the use of the Seeing Reason Tool.
- affect
- cause
- effect
- impact
- influence
- inspire
- produce
- result
- system
- other:
| Note: In your search of the assessment standards, do not be limited by these key words. You may need to look for the hidden opportunities for higher-order thinking, especially if your assessment standards focus mainly on very specific knowledge-based tasks or understanding. |
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Review your learning objectives and identify which objectives could be supported by Seeing Reason. You may want to highlight them in your Project Plan.
- Consider how the assessment standards for these sample project descriptions would be supported through the use of Seeing Reason. Keep your assessment standards and learning outcomes in mind as you think about your own project.
| Note: If you do not believe Seeing Reason will be a good fit for your project, you will have the opportunity to try out an idea for a different project. |
Next: Proceed to Step 2 of Activity 7.4
