LOTS and HOTS Background Information LowerOrder Thinking Skills

LOTS and HOTS Background Information

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.

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

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

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.

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

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