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As Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) become more acknowledged as necessary for students to learn, teachers must also learn how to incorporate these skills into the curriculum. The following articles and sites offer excellent information, ideas and support for the integration of HOTS into existing curriculum and student skill sets.

1. 5 Rules of Thumb for Designing HOTS Classroom Activities

   1. 5 RULES A SlideShare show from Darren Kuropatwa

2. 5 Tech Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking 5 LESSONS An article from The Journal

3. Apps to Support Revised Blooms Taxonomy

• 1. BLOOM APPS

  2. An interactive resource site from Livebinders and Ginger Lewman

4. Children’s Complex Learning Skills Begin Forming Before They go to School COMPLEX SKILLS An article from the University of Chicago

5. Children Thinking Skills Blog

• 1. CHILDREN THINKING SKILLS

  2. An article from Children’s Thinking Skills

6. Critical and Creative Thinking from Blooms Taxonomy

7. CRITICAL & CREATIVE THINKING

• 1. An article from Teacher Tap

8. Examples that Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

• 1. EXAMPLES HOTS

  2. An article from The Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC C

9. A Guide to Using Free Apps to Support Higher Order Thinking APPS FOR HOTS

• 1. A resource site from Learning in Hand

10. Higher Order Thinking

11. HOT

• 1. A resource site from Pinterest

12. Higher Order Thinking Skills

• 1. HOTS

  2. A HOTS Resource site

13. Higher Order Thinking Skill Activities

• 1. HOTS ACTIVITIES

  2. A resource site from Black Gold Regional Schools

14. Higher Order Thinking Skills Daily Practice Activities HOTS DAILY PRACTICE

• 1. An article from GoodReads and Debra Collett

15. Higher Order Thinking Questions

• 1. An article from Edutopia

16. How to Choose Mobile Apps for Developing Higher Order Thinking Skills

17. HOTS MOBILE APPS

• 1. An article from ISTE

18. How to Encourage Higher Order Thinking

• 1. ENCOURAGE HOTS

  2. An article from ReadWriteThink

19. How To Increase Higher Order Thinking

• 1. INCREASE HOTS

  2. An article from Reading Rockets

20. A Model for the National Assessment of Higher Order Thinking ASSESSMENT OF HOTS

• 1. An article from the Critical Thinking Community

21. The New Blooms Taxonomy – Develop Higher Order Thinking Skills with Creativity Tools CREATIVITY TOLLS

• 1. An article from Tech4Learning

22. Questioning to Promote Higher Order Thinking

23. QUESTIONING HOTS

• 1. A resource site from Prince George’s County Public School

24. Reading Comprehension and Higher Order Thinking

• 1. READING W/ HOTS

  2. An article from k12reader

25. Teaching Kids to Use Higher Order Thinking Skills

• 1. TEACHING HOTS

  2. A video from Youtube

26. Thinking Skills

• 1. THINKING SKILLS

  2. A resource site from Mike Fleetham’s Thinking Classroom

27. Thinking Skills Resources

• 1. A resource site from Lessonplanet

28. Using Technology to Promote Higher Order Thinking TECH + HOTS

• 1. A resource site from LeRoy Central School District in NY

Laura Turner teaches Computer Technology in the College of Education at Black Hills State University, South Dakota.