Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Schools Division of Escalante City
Digital Media & Tools
Session Title Strategies in Developing Critical Thinking and Higher Order Thinking
Skills
Duration: 30 mins
Target Participants and Profile: Untrained Teachers (Grade 7-12)
OBJECTIVES:
Terminal: To develop strategies on higher order and critical thinking skills among
teachers.
Enabling:
At the end of the session, the participants are able to:
a. acquire knowledge and information on digital tools & digital media
used in teaching & learning
b. utilize and integrate digital tools & digital media used in teaching &
learning
c. appreciate the significance of digital tools & digital media used in
teaching & learning
Output: Lesson Plan and demonstration of the different strategies that will enforce
the development of critical and higher order thinking skills.
Key Content/Input: 21st Century Skills
Digital Tools & Media
ICT Skills Integration
Online Learning Modality
Digital Classroom
References: Best Tools for Teachers By TL Editors
https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/best-tools-for-teachers
Learning Tools for the Digital Classroom by Tim Carvey
https://medium.com/teachers-on-fire/top-ten-learning-tools-for-the-
digital-classroom-5b3fefc861b3
OBJECTIVES KEY UNDERSTANDING METHODOLOGY MATERIALS TIME ALLOTMENT
a. acquire knowledge 21st Century Thinking Skills Activity Laptop and LCD Projector 30 minutes
and information on The Changing World The participants will do the
digital tools & activity:
digital media used (Are you the Next World
in teaching & Director?)
learning
b. Share common The Concept of Higher Analysis Laptop 2 hours
understandings on Order Thinking Skills Video Presentation LCD Projector
the concept of Why do we want to (A video Speaker
higher order teach HOTS? presentation on Handouts
thinking skills; How do we teach critical and higher
HOTS? order thinking skills
c. Identify the will be shown.)
different
components of Lecture
critical thinking; Critical Thinking Skills and (Discussion on the
its Components different concepts
Applying Reasons of higher order
Open-mindedness thinking skills and its
Analysis connection to
Logic critical thinking as
one of its aspects.)
Group Discussions
(Participants will
complete the
different activities
on the 4
components of
Critical Thinking
Skills)
d. Instill critical and Games and Activities for Abstraction Laptop 1 hour
higher order Developing Critical Thinking LCD Projector
thinking skills Skills Lecture
through different Wordly words (Discussion and
games and Aliens Travel Guide Contextualization of
activities. Talk it Out the different games
Crazy Captions and activities for
Awesome Anagrams developing critical
You name it thinking)
What would
happen..
Explain yourself
Making choices
Sketch them out
a. Apply appropriate Application of Critical and Application Laptop 3 hours
strategies to Higher Order Thinking Skills Lesson Planning LCD Projector
reinforce critical in the Classroom (Participants will be Long Bond Papers
and higher order tasked to integrate
thinking skills. the different Cartolina
strategies of critical Markers
and higher order
thinking skills.)
Demonstration
(Participants will
demonstrate the
application of the
different HOTS and
CT strategies.)
Prepared by:
ELDIARDO E. DE LA PEÑA
Teacher III
Resource Speaker/Facilitator