Lower Order of Thinking Skills and HOTS

LOTS_and_HOTS_background_info.ppt

1. LOTS and HOTS
Background Information

2. Lower-Order Thinking Skills
(LOTS)
Lower-order thinking skills are used to
understand the basic story line or literal
meaning of a story, play, or poem.
This includes:
•Wh questions.
•teaching relevant lexical items.
•relating to grammatical structures
when relevant.

3. –Who?
–What?
–Where?
–When?
–Do you know…?
–Can you identify…?
–Name….
–List……
Key Words for LOTS
Questions

4. After the LOTS…….
Once a student has mastered the basic
understanding of a text, s/he is ready to
move on to the next level which involves
using that information in some way.
This entails applying higher-order thinking
skills, or:
HOTS

5. Higher-order Thinking
Skills (HOTS)
Higher-order thinking skills are used to:
•interpret a text on a more abstract level.
•manipulate information and ideas in
ways that transform their meaning and
implications.

6. HOTS for Analyzing
Literary Texts
•Predicting
•Applying
•Inferring
•Sequencing
•Identifying parts and
whole
•Classifying
•Comparing and
contrasting
•Explaining patterns
•Explaining cause and
effect
•Distinguishing different
perspectives
•Problem solving
•Uncovering motives
•Generating possibilities
•Synthesizing
•Making connections
•Evaluating

7. You can get more information about
LOTS and HOTS by watching the
Introduction to the Literature webcast by
Dr. Judy Steiner