Higher Order Thinking- any book or resource recommendations?

[blueemerald]

We had our first ever academy sponsored 'mocksted' on Friday and the biggest criticism was the lack of higher level thinking questions/tasks in lessons.

I am reasonably new to teaching so a little unsure and was wondering if anyone had any book or resource recommendations to share? I teach English so that would be particularly useful. Thanks!

Are you familiar with Bloom's taxonomy? It's a useful starting point. When I was first teaching I used to write HOTS questions in advance. Now I have a display in my room with the relevant verbs for each layer and I refer to it frequently.

Blooms Taxonomy is a good start. It's about getting children to think deeper so, simple retelling or literal questions are considered low Level tasks. To encourage children to think more deeply you would want them to analyse, compare, debate, draw conclusions etc. We use PEE a lot in our school (point, evidence, explanation). It helps children to infer, reason and explain at a deeper level. You can make a simple statement and get children to discuss it eg, was Lottle Miss Muffet an adult or a child? The children then have to say their point (adult/child), give evidence from the text and then explain how their evidence backs up their point. Hope that helps!

Thanks, I have lots of Bloom's stuff. I guess I just need to immerse myself in it. I love the idea of writing questions in advance! It's just tough when our highest level year 9 (for example) is a 3a/4c for reading and writing (I work in an SEN school).