DEVELOPING

GURO21 HIGHER
ORDER
THINKING
COURSE 2 SKILLS
Wenhui Award
for Educational
Innovation in Asia
and the Pacific
2017
 Accredited by
CPD Council of
Professional
Teachers

15 Credit Units
Accreditation No. 2017-086-1212
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Our Faculty
 Experts and practitioners in Educational
Management and Leadership
 University Presidents, Executives, Deans and
Faculty of Graduate Schools
 Ministry officials, deputy ministers and
specialists
 Super Principal and former Deputy Minister of
Higher Education of Malaysia - Datuk Mary
Yap Kain Ching
 Integrate higher
thinking skills into
LEARNING your life in order to
adequately meet the
OUTCOME challenges of the
1 21st century in a
more systematic
manner
 Develop higher
LEARNING order thinking skills
OUTCOME in your students
2
 THE LEARNING PROCESS
 Use of Self-instructional
Modules
 Discussion sessions

 Provisions for learning support

 Face-to-Face or Online
Revalida
MODULE 1: Developing Higher Order Thinking
Skills (HOTS) in Teachers

Lesson 1
A Thinking Culture Begins with me

1
Lesson 2
Using Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in
my Life as a Teacher
MODULE 2: Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills
(HOTS) in Learners

Lesson 1
Transforming My Classroom in a Thinking
Classroom

2
Lesson 2
Strengthening My Teaching Through
Teaching Strategies
REQUIRED READINGS
• Teaching thinking skills: redesigning classroom 1
practices by Abdullah Mohd Noor

• Developing higher level thinking by Barbara

Limbach and Wendy Waugh

• 30 strategies for enhancing higher order thinking

skills by Alice Thomas

• Develop critical and creative thinking skills: put on

six thinking hats by Franny F. Mcaleer

• Theories related to learning and higher order

thinking skills by F.J. King, L. Goodson, and F.
Rohani
 WRITTEN
REQUI RE M E NTS
 MODULE 1 ASSIGNMENT
1. Identify the Levels of Thinking that are critical to a 21st
century teacher
2. Rate your level of skill in the different thinking areas as to
whether your skill is a) Strong, b) Adequate, c) Needs
Improvement.
3. Describe what specifically you can do to enhance or

1
improve the specific thinking area.
4. Write a 500 word report describing the insights you gained
from completing the table on how to further develop your
HOTS. Submit this table and your report to your FLT for
evaluation
THINKING CRITICAL TO A 21 ST CENTURY
TEACHER
LEVELS OF THINKING HOW DO I RATE MY WHAT CAN I DO TO
SKILL IN THIS AREA IMPROVE OR
(STRONG, ADEQUATE, ENHANCE MY SKILL
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT) IN THIS AREA
RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING THINKING AREAS FOR
TEACHERS
NEEDS ADEQUATE STRONG
IMPROVEMENT
I am currently learning I can do/understand this but I I can do/ understand this
how to do/understand this need to learn more or very well
improve
• Has developed the • Exceeds core requirements
fundamental knowledge • Developed the fundamental in terms of knowledge,
and skill and core knowledge and skills and skills and understandings,
understanding with little core understandings, and can and can transfer them
guidance transfer them independently; automatically
• Strengths and need for • Shows the needed • Many strengths are present
improvement are about knowledge or skill but
equal improvement still desired

Adapted from DepED Order No. 73, s. 2012

MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENT – PART 1
• Provide a brief description of your classroom (i.e.
class size, classroom dimensions, equipment
available, facilities, etc.)
• Given the resources in your classroom, design a

2
floor plan of your thinking classroom showing the
physical layout (i.e. desk placement, seating
arrangements/assignment, classroom space design,
equipment, etc.)
MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENT – PART 1
• Decide on the kind of activity setting (flexible, integrated or
variable) that is suitable for the instructional strategies that
you will employ
• Prepare a 500 word description of each of the elements in
your layout and explain why they are essential for your

2
thinking classroom.
• A minimum requirement is a photo documentation or a
drawing of the floor plan and be as creative as you can
given the technological support available.
MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENT – PART 2
• Invite your school head, teaching supervisor, and some
colleagues to visit your Thinking Classroom.
• Request them to accomplish the feedback form and to
make recommendations further improvement of the
physical environment of your thinking classroom.

2
• Based on their feedback, formulate an action plan
• You may need to make certain considerations such as
budget allocation, availability of classroom space, and so
on.
 MY THINKING CLASSROOM
ASPECTS OBSERVATIONS STRENGTHS AREAS FOR ACTION
IMPROVEMENT POINTS

1. Flexible/integrated/
variable
2. Accommodation of students’
learning style
3. Provision of Learning
environment that is conducive
for
• Active Learning
• Higher Order Thinking
4. Creativity in terms of
• Adjusting to limitations
• Generating Needed
resources
MODULE 2 ASSIGNMENT – PART 3
1. Develop a semi-detailed Lesson Plan integrating HOTS for a selected topic
for a subject you teach demonstrating the 6As: Activity, Analysis, Abstraction,
Application, Assessment, Assignment/Agreement:
– Use of effective questioning and instructional approaches,
– Learning tasks for your students, e.g. article review, case study, situation
analysis, and a sample assessment rubric for the task.
• Provide a brief introduction on the strategies used in the lesson plan in order

2
to enhance your students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills
• Present your Lesson Plan to your School Head for review and feedback
• Prepare a 500 word reflection on the insights you have gained from the
professional consultation and what improvements you will make to integrate
HOTS more effectively in your lesson plan.
END-OF-COURSE REFLECTION PAPER
is meant to illustrate your
understanding of the self-instructional
materials, your learning experiences
and how it affects your ideas and
possible practice in future
Accomplish and submit the completed
form in iFLEX under WRITTEN
REQUIREMENTS/ REFLECTION
END-OF-COURSE ACTION PLAN
• Goal is to help you maximize the
transfer of your learning after
completing the course
• translate your essential learning into
new behaviors, practices and results
• contents should integrate, synthesize,
and apply the core competencies
gained from the course
 S.M.A.R.T 1-2 YEAR ACTION PLAN
Concepts to Activities or Date and Human Financial Material & Indicators of
be Applied/ Projects & Duration Resources Resources other Success
Shared Objectives Needed Needed Resources
Needed
Transformin Seminar- Sept-Nov Subject Php20,000 Manila and • Program/ Policies
g my workshop on 2019 Supervisors, (refer to the bond papers, developed with
Classroom Transforming (3 days per Teachers, attached pentel pens, inputs from
into a Classrooms session) etc. budget) meta cards, participants;
Thinking into a Thinking etc. • At least 80% of
Classroom Classroom the invited
participants
attended;
• Majority of the
participants
rated the
Seminar-
Workshop as
very satisfactory
 PROJECT SUCCESS
Key performance indicators (KPIs) (sometimes
called key success indicators, or KSIs) is a
common term for criteria used to measure
the benefits of a project. The KPIs are the
reason that the project was launched

Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/define-your-project-goals-and-success-criteria-
HA001211137.aspx
DEFINING PROJECT GOALS AND SUCCESS
CRITERIA
Your responses to the following questions:
•"What does success look like?"
•"How do I know I've completed the
project?"
•"How do I know I've done a great job?"
•"How will all this be measured?"
 FINAL
REQUIREMENT
END-OF-COURSE
REVALIDA
A required interview to:
• validate if course
submissions are really
done by the learners
themselves, and
• determine their course
significant learning
insights
ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
LEARNERS’ ASSESSMENT
Chat and Forum for 1st Module 15%

Chat and Forum for 2nd Module 15%

Module 1 Assignment 20%

Module 2 Assignment 20%

Reflection Paper 10%

Action Plan 20%

 RATING SCALE
A+ Excellent
A Very Good
B+ Good
B Passed
C Deficient
A Learner will be graded by the assigned Flexible Learning Tutor (FLT). Anyone
who gets 2 Cs in any major requirement automatically gets an overall rating of C
 PLAGIARISM
• Supreme Court has described as the
"deliberate and knowing presentation of another person's original ideas or creative
expressions as one's own",
if committed under certain circumstances, can amount to criminal violation of the Intellectual
Property Code, the E-Commerce Act or the Cybercrime Prevention Act.

• Plagiarism should be avoided. Cultivate the habit of attribution.

When in doubt, cite.
Source: DOJ Advisory Opinion No. 02, Series of 2012
http://www.doj.gov.ph/news.html?title=DOJ%20issues%20Advisory%20on%20Plagiarism&newsid=133#sthash.e9ZMy55n.dpuf
 SANCTIONS FOR PLAGIARISM
• Automatically dropped from the course; and
• Refund of all financial and non-cash support (or equivalent
in cash) provided by the sponsoring institution

Referencing Tools
Chicago Manual of Style for source citation
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
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INDICATIVE SCHEDULE
Activities Batch 9
Wk1 - Chat No. 1 Week of July 15, 2019
Wk2 - Chat No. 2 Week of July 22, 2019
Wk3/4 – Course Break July 29- Aug 11, 2019
Submission of Assignment for 1st Module August 12, 2019
Wk5 - Chat No. 3 Week of Aug 12, 2019
Wk6 - Chat No. 4 Week of Aug 19, 2019
Wk7/8 – Preparation of Assignment for 2nd Module Aug 26-Sept 8, 2019
Submission of Assignment for 2nd Module Sept 9, 2019
Wk9 – Submission of Reflection Paper and Action Plan Sept 16, 2019
Wk10 – Revalida (Tentative) Last week of Oct 2019
 INDICATIVE SCHEDULE

Last day of submission for all requirements will be on

September 30, 2019
We will no longer entertain submission of all written
requirements during the revalida.
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