Element 21: Organizing Students for Cognitively Complex Tasks by https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8 Made with big dreams en-us 2016-09-24 00:34:56 UTC 2017-05-17 02:22:34 UTC hello@padlet.com The teacher splits students into small groups to facilitate their work on problem-solving, decision-making, experimental-inquiry, and investigation tasks. Here are some strategies you can use: maridenour https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126141936 *Student-designed tasks
*Cooperative learning
*Think logs
*Journals
*Peer tutoring
(Magana & Marzano, 2014)]]> 2016-09-24 00:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126141936 Student-designed tasks maridenour https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142009 *If the teacher asks the students the question "What predictions or questions do you have about this content or information?", students can use their answers to create cognitively complex tasks related to the class's learning goal.
*Technology can be use to help inspire questions as well. Using IWB software can help students create and test hypotheses.]]> 2016-09-24 00:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142009 Cooperative Learning maridenour https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142107 *Using this strategy, teachers can implement structures for individual and group accountability, offer continuous coaching of and guidance in group relational skills, and assign and rotate (when needed) the roles and responsibilities of the group members.
*It is suggested to use a random team generator such as Team Maker to create the small groups.]]> 2016-09-24 00:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142107 Think Logs maridenour https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142174 *This is a journal that lets students reflect on their development of cognitive skills such as classification, drawing, inferences, creative thinking, self-regulation, and decision making, during a cognitively complex task.
*The following are some examples of prompts to use to help your students reflect on these cognitive skills:
  • How might you explain creative thinking to a friend?
  • What parts of classification do you understand the most? What parts do you understand the least?
  • Describe an inference you made during today's lesson. 
*Technology not only enhances this reflection process, but also offers an alternative to writing (which is great for students who would rather express themselves orally or visually). Here are some examples:
  • Audacity
  • Dragon Dictation
  • Google Drive/Docs

]]> 2016-09-24 00:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142174 Journals maridenour https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142334 *Journals are similar to Think Logs because they capture the students' reflections. But they are different because they focus on the cognitively complex task itself, instead of the cognitive skill the students are developing. Here are some prompt examples:
  • What is the purpose of the task you are working on?
  • How will your cognitively complex task boost your success with the learning goals?
  • What problems did you encounter while working on your cognitively complex task today?
*Microsoft Word, Google Docs and Drive, or any other word processing software are great technology tools to use with this strategy. Google Drive, for example, is a great way to create templates that scaffold the students' reflections on declarative tasks. IWB software or Google Drive can be used to create interactive WNH charts to scaffold the students' reflections about cognitive tasks.
]]> 2016-09-24 00:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142334 Peer Tutoring maridenour https://padlet.com/maridenour/2jkdi0g0uwn8/wish/126142470 *Peer Tutoring allows students who have reached the most advanced level for a learning goal to volunteer to help their fellow classmates who may need some extra help to get to the next level. This is beneficial in two ways:
  • Students who need a little extra help are receiving that from their peers, hopefully building a good working relationship
  • Advanced students are able to deepen their own knowledge by explaining a complex process to someone else
*Technology can also be implemented with this strategy, and is a great enhancement to peer tutoring. The following programs and software can capture the discussion and problem-solving steps; this allows the students to see and hear their own thinking:
  • IWB Software
  • Screencasting software
    • Jing
    • ScreenChomp
    • Educreations
    • TouchCast

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