Sunday
05 Sep 2010
How to use Thinking Dice General introduction to uses
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It is very easy to fall into the trap of teaching children to use who, what, where, when, how and why and feel that we have done our duty in teaching them to use questions to develop their thinking skills. A bright Year 2 child will quickly point out that ‘can’ is a question word and the flood gates will open; would, do, could and so on are all questioning words. We need a structure if we are to understand the different types of questions and the thinking they promote. The use of Thinking Dice meets this need, starting with remembering questions and moving towards the higher order questions concerned with evaluating and creating.
Thinking Dice has been designed to be used in a variety of different ways throughout all phases of a lesson, in order to support the learner in their development of thinking skills. On our site you will find examples of using the Thinking Dice to develop higher order thinking in the following areas.
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Remembering Dice
(Yellow)
This is Bloom’s lowest
level of thinking.
Enables recall of
information.
Understanding Dice
(Orange)
Bloom’s second level
of lower order thinking.
Promotes explanation
of ideas or concepts.
Applying Dice
(Red)
Transition level from
lower order thinking to
higher order thinking.
Engages pupils in using
information in another
situation.
Analysing Dice
(Green)
Higher order thinking.
Encourages the child
to break information
into parts to explore
understanding and
relationships.
Evaluating Dice
(Blue)
Higher order thinking.
Guides the child to
justify a decision or
course of action.
Creating Dice
(Purple)
Higher order thinking.
Challenges the child to
generate new ideas,
products or ways
of doing things.
Click on the link below to purchase one set of Thinking Dice at £9.95 + P&P.
Ideal for developing the higher order thinking of individuals, pairs or a small group.
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Click on the link below to purchase one class pack of Thinking Dice.
This includes a 10% discount offer.
5 sets of Thinking Dice at £44.75 + P&P.
Ideal for effective whole class teaching of Higher order thinking.
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Click on the link below to purchase one school bundle of Thinking Dice.
*Special offer* A FREE Class pack of Thinking Dice (5 sets).
Each school bundle includes 25 sets of Thinking Dice at £248.75 + P&P +*Special offer*
30 sets of Thinking Dice for the price of 25!
Ideal to meet the requirements of the ave school. Purchasing Thinking Dice in a school bundle ensures that year groups are fully resourced and teachers can adopt a whole school approach to the teaching of higher order thinking skills.
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info@thinkingdice.com
We will reply to your enquiry the same day and arrange the sale of any amount you wish to purchase.
There are many methods to purchase Thinking Dice. If your school wish to place an order, receive the product and be invoiced for payment this is not a problem!
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