Deductive approaches produce better results generally (p. 105).
Teachers should ask students to clearly explain their hypotheses and their conclusions (p. 105).
Apparently the process of explaining their thinking helps students deepen their understanding of the principles they are applying (p. 105).
Teachers should ask students to explain their thinking as they generate and test their hypotheses (p. 110).
As this chapter has shown, this basic cognitive skill applies to a variety of tasks that are applicable to many subject areas (p. 110).
Teachers can use experimental inquiry across the disciplines to guide students in applying their understanding of important content (p. 108).
One way to enhance and use students understanding of these systems is to ask them to generate hypotheses that predict what would happen if some aspect of a system were changed (p. 106).
Inductive strategies require a well-orchestrated set of experiences so that students might infer accurate and appropriate principles from which to generate hypotheses (p. 105).
Phrases:
preferably in writing
why their hypotheses make sense
describe how they generated their hypotheses and to explain what they learned
thinking in real life is probably never purely inductive or deductive
prediction about the future, action, or event
involves the application of knowledge
can use the process in different tasks across all disciples
most powerful and analytic of cognitive operations
Words:
analysis
application
explain
experiences
variety
framework
engaged
inquiry
Synthesis:
This skill fosters higher-level thinking. Our words were related to higher levels on Bloom's Taxonomy.
Justifying their answers are critical.
We must teach them how to use inductive and deductive reasoning, how to hypothesize, how to test, etc.
Thinking is hard work.
These skills seem to help foster reasoning skills.
"We also have to look at ourselves to make sure that we aren't limiting students' abilities."
Here is a diagram of inductive and deductive reasoning.
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Sentences:
Phrases:
Words:
Synthesis:
Here is a diagram of inductive and deductive reasoning.
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