Ways of Teaching Thinking Thinking through Transfer	Ways of Thinking Contents Introduction Thinking through Thinkpoints     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide Thinking through Dispositions     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide Thinking through Transfer     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide Thinking through Assessment     - Big Ideas     - Practical Profile     - Action Guide
Practical Profile of Thinking through Transfer General Goals and Expectations Transfer means connecting what we learn widely to other settings and situations. Transfer cannot be taken for granted. Teaching and learning for transfer are key components for achieving understanding. If people are to attain broad understandings rather than narrow ones, they need to connect different ideas from different contexts. Good Uses To transfer a skill or set of skills to another subject or topic. To help students reflect or think about applications and relationships of ideas and topics both in and out of school To activate knowledge Age Range Works well for elementary ages and up. But transfer of skills occurs most readily between contexts that appear quite similar to young students. Special attention needs to be given at the K-2 level. Subject Matters All subject matters Materials Needed No special materials. Teachers sometimes create posters outlining the ideas behind transfer. Preparation Time Needed Up front, teachers will need to familiarize themselves with the different dimensions of transfer (near vs. far) and (high road vs. low road). After that, very little preparation time is necessary. Classtime Needed Depends upon how long the teacher and students decide to explore and pursue new contexts and connections for their new knowledge. Homework Uses Unlimited. Finding ways for students to connect and/or apply what they learn in class to what they know and experience at home can provide rich and diverse transfer opportunities. By design, homework scaffolds transfer performances for students. Workability Transfer fits easily into existing classroom practice. It is highly workable.
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