Hand-out #1                                     Bloom's Taxonomy of Higher Order Thinking Skills

                                                          Resource Guide on Learning and Technology

                                                         Sample Problems:  Heuristics and Algorithms
 

Hand-out #2                                      Introduction to Learning, Thinking, Problem Solving, and Creativity

                                                          Productivity and Problem Solving
 

Hand-out #3                                    Overview of Learning and Problem Solving

                                                         Problem Solving Hierarchy
 

Hand-out #4                                     Constructivism
 

Hand-out #5                                     Forcier, The Computer as an Educational Tool:
                                                         Productivity and Problem Solving.
                                                         Ch3: Problem-Solving Strategies
                                                         Ch4: Computer Applications in Education
 

Hand-out #6                                    Thinking with Factory

                                                         Towers of Hanoi

Hand-out #7                                    Spreadsheets
                                                        Forcier, ch 8
 

Hand-out #8                                    Databases
                                                        Forcier, ch 9
 

Hand-out #9                                    Telecomputing: The Internet
                                                        Forcier, ch 11
 

Hand-out # 10                                 ERIC Digests:  Computer Skills and Problem Solving
                                                       http://ericir.syr.edu/ithome/digests/computerskills.html
 

Hand-out # 11                                 Inspiration: Visual Learning and Concept Mapping
                                                        Inspiration:  http://www.inspiration.com
                                                        See this hand-out for many links to Inspiration and Visual Learning
 

Hand-out # 12                                  Good Orientation to Information, Research Methods
                                                         and Critical Thinking by James MacKenzie,
                                                         FromNowOn.  http://fno.org/dec99/rcycle.html

Hand-out #13                     Organizing Information: Computer and Mind
 

Hand-out #14                                   Tessellations
 

Hand-out # 15                                  Creativity
 

Hand-out # 16                                   Memory
 

Hand-out # 17                                Population Demographics: Its Impact on Social, Political, and Economic Stability
 
 
 
 
 

EDIN 640- HOTS    (Syllabus)
Professor Robert Slotnick, PhD
NYIT, Manhattan Campus, School of Education and Professional Services
Information Hall, 17 West 60 St. Room 227
New York, NY 10023
212-261-1554
rslotnick@earthlink.net

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