Conceptualized by: Luningning B.

Aribbay, MAEd
Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 12. Utilizing Various Teaching strategies to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

Learning Task 12 Utilizing Various Teaching Strategies to Promote

higher Order Thinking Skills
Domain: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy

Desired Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply teaching strategies that develop critical and creative thinking and/or higher order
thinking skills
2. Demonstrate content knowledge and its application within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the range of verbal and non-verbal classroom
communication strategies that support learner understanding participation, engagement
and achievement

Understandings
Teaching Strategies are ways and means by which you implement a method. There are
used to help the students to achieve the desired learning outcomes by learning the desired course
content.
Integrative Learning helps the students make connections and relevance between and
among subjects. It allows the learners to engage in purposeful, relevant learning. It encourages the
learners to see the interconnectedness and interrelationships between the curriculum areas rather
than focusing in isolated curriculum areas.
Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Higher order thinking skills known also as HOTS imply that some types of learning require higher
cognitive processes than others. Skills in analyzing, evaluating and creating are thoughts of higher
order than learning facts or concepts.
Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
Verbal communication is the words in expressing one’s feelings and ideas.
Non-verbal communication includes the use of body language, gesture, facial
expressions. Eye contact and posture.
The use of verbal 7 non-verbal communication strategies is the first step in enhancing
communication and nurturing relationships which are vital in the teaching learning process.
Strong communication skills are very important in the instructional process.

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 12. Utilizing Various Teaching strategies to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

Performance Task 1. Get the topic you are assigned to teach. Write down how you can
apply the content knowledge within or across curriculum teaching areas. Use
the curriculum web to indicate your proposed integration. Indicate the subjects
in the circles and how you will do it.

TOPIC

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 12. Utilizing Various Teaching strategies to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

Performance Task 2. Write higher order thinking questions that you used in the discussion
of the content.

Content Topic Questions

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 12. Utilizing Various Teaching strategies to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

Performance Task 3. A) Enumerate the non-verbal cues you used to support learners’
participation and engagement?

Non-verbal Cues Purpose(s)

1.

2.

3.

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 12. Utilizing Various Teaching strategies to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

Performance Task 4. B) Cite the verbal communication strategies that you used in class to
support learner understanding, participation and engagement.
Verbal Communication Strategies Cite how it supported the learners in
Used instruction

1.

2.

3.

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Associate Professor 1V – Apayao State College

Learning Task 12. Utilizing Various Teaching strategies to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

My Learning Artifacts
Paste student work samples/projects accomplished in the discussion of your content.

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