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=Chapter 4 Summary = Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

Overall Summary:
This chaper discusses various ways to get your students thinking critically. Prior to teaching a lesson, teachers typcially use KWL charts. These can be effective, however there are other ways students can activate prior knoweldge and gain an overall sense of what will be taught.

I. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
a. ‘Enhances students’ ability to retrieve, use, and organize information about a topic’ (73). b. Recommendations i. Should focus on ‘higher-level’ questions 1. Articles a. Trivial Pursuit to Essential Questions i. [] b. Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy i. [] ii. Cues should be straightforward and provide students with a preview of what they will learn iii. Use expository advance organizers iv. Use narrative advance organizers v. Teach students skimming as a form of advance organizer vi. Teach students how to use graphic advance organizers vii. Use explicit cues viii. Ask questions that elicit inferences ix. Ask analytic questions

a. Word Processing
i. Expository advance organizers 1. Brochures 2. Definitions 3. Rubrics ii. Narrative advance organizers 1. Stories 2. Articles 3. Artistic works iii. Graphic advance organizers 1. Tables 2. Charts 3. Artistic works iv. Example 1. If your students are taking a field trip, have them use the internet to research and then create a brochure using Word 2. Create a table in word with two columns. One column with key terms/concepts and the other column left blank for the kids to fill in as the lesson progresses

b. Spread Sheet
i. Rubrics 1. Set up a platform for students to apply their knowledge and critical thinking skills ii. Example 1. When talking about the Renaissance, give students a variety of poems that relate to this time period. The students then write their own poetry in the same tone. However, prior to having the students write, provide them with a rubric to guide their poem

c. Organizing and Brainstorming Software
i. Kidspiration & Inspiration 1. Can portray learning goals for a lesson and include an essential question 2. After reading an introductory article place a critical thinking question in the center of an Inspiration document, have the students provide their view points and thoughts.

d. Multimedia
i. Activates prior knowledge and develops a mental model to help organize new information ii. Examples 1. How bridges work a. [] 2. PBS Building Big: Bridges a. [] 3. NOVA Online: Super Bridge a. [] 4. BrainPOP a. [|www.brainpop.com] 5. United Streaming a. [] 6. The Internet Archive a. [] 7. Google Video a. [] 8. A9 a. [] 9. Creative Commons a. []