The Cognitive Six: A Guide to Teaching Thinking
CPSI 2014 Extending Program Presentation
FEEDBACK Summary
I LEARNED…
- the 6 cognitive skills
- the importance of teaching thinking
- I am not as smart as middle schoolers
- “relearned” some terms and their uses
- about subsets and hierarchies of cognitive processing
- a different perspective on cognitive skills
- a lot
- to look at things differently
- to simulate learning in new ways
I LIKED THE WAY I…
- was able to try out each skill
- the activities made me understand and involved my thinking
- worked through examples
- dug into the exercises
- was able to complete the activities
- work on this
- was involved
- got engaged
I WOULD HAVE LIKED…
- to brainstorm uses at college level
- more time for the teaching
- to have moved a bit slower on some exercises and not tried to cover so much ground although very interesting
- more time to explore the ideas further
- the exercises
- to gone into more depth
- more training
I LIKED…
- the interactive sessions
- the sharing of the examples
- gentle, nurturing nature of teacher
- materials
- the new data
- working with the others on my table
- your style of teaching
- the exercises
- being in the session
I WONDER…
- how you could better link to creativity/ examples this came out most in operational analysis
- if we can develop electronic tools (apps) for students
- why I never was introduced to this material
- all the time
- how these ideas can be applied in the work I do and with my son
- how this could be applied in other ways or at a higher level
- if we can have a more detailed training next year
I CAN USE…
- this with the stem educators
- qualification circles, operational analysis
- information to better understand thinking
- not sure when, but somewhere, sometime will share with Terez
- some of this later when making up tests
- these ideas to consider fresh approaches to some of my activities
- in my job/study/family
- I love
- this to brainstorm in new/different ways
- with myself and others
SPUNKI Summary
SURPRISED
- at the simplicity
- at others are concerned about thinking/problem solving
- that your book is so near completion
- this information seemed to be relevant to younger grades, but now I see this will be useful for my college freshman students
- to learn about this approach
- circled SURPRISED
- to be so delighted by what we did about some
PUZZLED
- this important part of learning might be considered obsolete
- not really
- seeing analogies – I need more practice
- use of these thinking skills for children with learning difficulties
- things I didn’t totally understand
USEFUL
- to help me rethink problem solving
- context really influences the outcome as well as the understanding
- fresh ideas
- circled USEFUL
- in remaining stimulated and to inspire others
NEW
- way to remember importance
- lots!
- circled NEW
- to me in many ways
KNEW IT ALREADY
- many of examples I have seen in my children’s worksheets
- when I was in grade school!
- some of the information, but it was presented differently
- in some of the things we did and many of the things were new/ and put together in a new way
INTERESTING
- tools around operational analysis
- Absolutely
- teach the “operations” unit last
- All of it. Thank you Lou.
- to be here
ADDITIONAL COMMENT
- Design an “app” to download