Creating Jetpacks

Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 04/18/06
Link: Critical Thinking Skills
Summary: An outline of characteristics of critical thinking
"Broadly speaking, critical
"Broadly speaking, critical thinking is concerned with reason, intellectual honesty, and open-mindedness, as opposed too emotionalism, intellectual laziness, and closed-mindedness. Thus, critical thinking involves: following evidence where it leads; considering all possibilities; relying on reason rather than emotion; being precise; considering a variety of possible viewpoints and explanations; weighing the effects of motives and biases; being concerned more with finding the truth than with being right; not rejecting unpopular views out of hand; being aware of one's own prejudices and biases, and not allowing them to sway one's judgment." Kurland, Daniel J. I Know What It Says . . . What does it Mean? 1995.
The Jetpacker needs
The Jetpacker needs to be able to determine who is an expert in chosen field by appllying characteristics associated with definition of expert in constructivist and social learning theory.
Link: ericsson et al
Summary: An aspect of acquisition of expert performance
Expert knowledge is
Expert knowledge is associated with domain specific problem solving and critical thinking skills employing sustained deliberate practice.
Link: David Kolb
Summary: This article aims to help you explore the development of experiential learning from its original proposal into some of its current refinements and applications today, using the World Wide Web (the Internet) as a vast reference library...
"Tell me, and
"Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand." The experiential learning theory of David Kolb has high relevancy in creating interactive online environments.
Link: Blooms Taxonomy
Summary: An overview of Bloom's educational philosophy on higher order thinking skills
Bloom's Taxonomy

Link: Bloom's Taxonomy
Summary: An overview of Bloom's theory of higher level thinking skills
Following Bloom's taxonomy
Following Bloom's taxonomy to engage users in abstract thinking, using higher levels of cognition, we can guide users through the process of creating a learning module ....

