Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Instructional
Method
Creative Problem
Solving
Tabas Concept
Development
Questioning
Description
Benefits
Limitations
-Parental
permission
consent is
limited
-Respect
student privacy
and
confidentiality
needs (not
reflected in all
lessons)
-Obtain student
consent
-May be
difficult for
gifted students
to grasp
-Does not work
well for
students who
are unable to
collaborate
-Questions
have to be
developed
before the
lesson
-Questions
must reflect
higher order
thinking skills
(costas level of
questioning)
Simulations
Bruners Structure of
the Intellect
Socratic Seminar
-Must be
planned ahead
of time
-Should not
take up too
much time
-Non-gifted
students may
have a
challenging
time
-Teachers
should act as
the expert
they are
teaching about
-Teachers
should know
about the
expertise they
are teaching
-Students are
NOT allowed
to debate;
they should
foster
discussion
-Not all
students
participate at
one time
-Teacher
participation
Visual Thinking
Strategies
-Teacher
participation
-Emotions not
taken into
account
-Open ended
questions only