Monday, November 19, 2007

Announcing planned HOT Skills Symposium: ................ Using the HOT Skills Wheel

J. S. Shipman

Summary:
The HOT Skills Symposium
will focus on
how science
teachers
of all levels encourage students
to improve higher order thinking

skills necessary to
good botanical research.

The symposium will include ideas on using HOT skills for closing achievement gaps both between non-scientists and scientists and between intelligent non-achievers and achievers.

Dr. Shipman will present: Using the HOT Skills Wheel to improve Botanical Education and help close the Achievement Gap. Shipman has taught science from K-12 through University and has worked in industry thus brings a broad scope of experience in science education to the symposium. She has modified and developed a tool which was originated by a group of elementary school professionals for lesson planning to include higher order thinking skills in their teaching. Research on the tool, introduced by Dr. Shipman to high school and college students and affectionately known by the students as the, "HOT Skills Wheel," will be presented. Participants are encouraged to bring their own tools and ideas for improving higher order thinking, especially using botanical concepts, together with their written summary of the same, which may be collated into a publication. Five additional participants will present on HOT skills in botanical education. A discussion will follow.

List of speakers: To be determined.
Those interested please contact Dr. Shipman by e-mail (shipmanjs@gmail.com) ASAP (as soon as possible) with
  1. a summary of your ideas,
  2. your professional affiliation and
  3. presentation title.
The Symposium is part of an international science meeting.

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